Parade

Dancing down the street, local youth performed basic country dances of the pioneer era during the Pioneer Days parade in 2018.

 Eastern Arizona Courier

A Gila Valley tradition for more than 100 years is returning this summer after two years off because of the pandemic.

“Pioneer Days” celebrates the arrival on July 24, 1847, of Brigham Young and other pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley. They traveled 1,200 miles from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Salt Lake area in covered wagons, on foot and pulling handcarts. Many of the early settlers of the Gila Valley were part of those who crossed the plains in those early years.

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