COUNTY LIFE
Big party to celebrate event
Vendors filled the downtown area. (Courtesy photo)
Bowie’s Second Monday Trade Days celebrates its 125th anniversary with a weekend full of activities Aug. 11-12.
Second Monday Trade Days was launched in August 1882 as stockmen from Montague, Clay and Wise Counties conceived the need for a central market. Bowie was selected as a central point and the second Monday of the month picked as the weekend with the first event in August, 1893.
The initial gathering was on a vacant area of land adjoining the north side of Montague Street. A large livestock barn was located at the corner of Montague and Smythe Streets convenient to the trade yard also was used. Work horses and mules constituted the trade offerings for many years.
Vendors also set up along the railroad tracks that ran through downtown. It originally was the monthly trip to town for many country folks and a place for business and socializing.
The offerings grew as the consumer’s needs changed. The event grew, evolved and eventually moved to Pelham Park and became a city operation on May 14, 1976.
The 125th birthday celebration will have a western theme with gunfighters, western music, a car show and more.
All activities are free except those noted with a fee. There also will be many giveaways during the day. Food vendors will be on hand selling food on the grounds.
Read the full story and see the schedule of events in the mid-week News.
Modern day Second Monday located at Pelham Park and operated by the City of Bowie. (News file photo)
The staff of Advanced Rehabilitation will conduct a hamburger lunch fundraiser to assist one of its staff members whose child is undergoing serious medical issues.
From noon to sell-out on July 19 hamburgers will be prepared in the front lobby of the home. The goal is to sell 100 burgers with a $10 meal deal of a burger, chips and a drink.
Call Cynthia at 940-366-4960 for pre-orders or Tiffany for delivery at 940-255-0402.
The fundraiser is for Tori Mullins, whose daughter, Bryleigh Gresham, age three, has been undergoing treatment for leukemia at Cook Children’s Medical Center. Tori has had to be off work to travel to Cook’s for the treatments.
Inside your weekend Bowie News find the award-winning visitor’s and newcomer’s guide. There are unique features about this area along with all the resources you may need to set up housekeeping or explore something new.
Bowie Public Library’s Summer Reading program continues on July 16 with the Olympics.
It will be all about the upcoming Summer Olympics with outdoor games at the soccer field. Summer reading wraps up with the popular Creature Teacher on July 23 who brings lots of animals to the kids to see up close.
Any questions about summer reading can be directed to the library staff by calling 872-2681 or follow their Facebook page.
Summer reading is open to children ages 0-12. Keep a summer reading log and earn a book.
Top photo – This past Tuesday, the library staff visits with Smokey the Bear and a member of the Forest Service at summer reading. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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