Railroad Days
Saturday, October 3, 2009

The first Saturday in October is always Railroad Days, and this year marks the 41st Annual Granite Falls Railroad Days!

Railroad Days is Saturday, October 3rd and features a Grand Parade as well as a Children's Parade. Come be in the parade that winds through town or be a spectator cheering them on. There are always fun things to do and lots of good things to eat, so bring the whole family and have a great day together. Click here for a schedule of events.

The traditioinal main street parade starts Saturday at 12 noon, featuring local groups, politicians and bands, plus the colorful Seafair pirates. Grand marshal for the parade will be Lynette Howard. Local businesses and street vendors will be ready for the crowds, a carnival will be in town the whole weekend and the Granite Falls Historical Museum is a must see for visitors and locals alike. The Historical Society is sponsoring a Spaghetti Dinner and Dance Saturday evening (10/03). Dinner begins at 5:00, the dance at 7:00. Music provided by "Snakebite". Cost is $20.00 per person. Location of the dance is at Granville Grange [MAP]. You may e-mail William Davison with any questions

Volunteers Needed

Lots of help is needed in the Childrens Fair, (2:00 to 4:00 pm) and we need folks for the Beer Garden (Adults, a few hours between noon and 10:00 pm) and in the Chamber Booth.
If you can help, send an e-mail to rrdays@granitefallswa.com or call
Pam Burley at (360) 691-7081 or
Tina Messina at (425) 345-3388.

Want a Vendor's Booth?

There is still lots of room for vendors.


Get the application HERE,
and send it in with your fee right away.

Be in the Parade

The Parade Lineup is still open.
If you or your organization would like to appear, you can get an application HERE, and send it in.

 

Railroad Days celebrates the era of steam trains that puffed through town beginning in 1892 when the Everett and Monte Cristo Railroad reached the town. By the next year the tracks reached to the mountain gold mining town of Monte Cristo. Gold mining lasted only a decade but logging trains were a familiar sight for many more years, along with passenger trains that brought tourists from Seattle and Everett to the famous Big Four Inn resort in the shadow of Big Four Mountain. Today, only the resort’s stone fireplace remains, standing like a sentinel at the entrance to the trails to the Big Four ice caves.

Railroad Days, a 40-year-old event held the first Saturday in October, includes three parades, bed race, duck race, egg toss, petting zoo, talent show, karaoke, live entertainment and much more. Railroad Days was started to commemorate Granite Falls’ history and the great railroads which once brought ore, precious metals and timber through our mining and lumber town. The event combines with reunions at Granite Falls High School, bringing back past alumni to meet old friends and renew past acquaintances. It was started 40+ years ago by one of the high school’s English teachers and has been a community highlight ever since. For more information, call City Hall at 360-691-6441 or the Chamber of Commerce at 360-691-7733.

Miller Park Neighborhood Association Blog (Railroad Days)

Photo Gallery of Railroad Days 2007 from "Wolf"

Want to be IN the parade? Get your application HERE, print it, fill it out and mail it in.
Are you a vendor? Get your application HERE, print it, fill it out and mail it in with your fee.