The Tiger Seniors celebrate their May 30 Mountain Madness Powder Puff football victory at Douglas High School.
Photo by Ron Harpin.
On Thursday, Douglas High School students observe their 110th commencement since there was an actual high school to graduate from.
We can even tell you the names of that Class of 1916. They were Gladys Dangberg, Aletha Nielsen, Vera Wilder, Sadiebell Brown, Hans Jepsen and Walter Haugner.
Continuing a long tradition, The Record-Courier is publishing the photos and names of Douglas High School’s Class of 2025 in today’s edition in preparation for their graduation.
While the original Douglas County High School still stands, having hosted the 4H Herpetology Club on Saturday, it now serves as a museum.
Douglas High School Graduation is just one of the events that bring history to life on Thursday.
Galloping into Nevada around 1 p.m. from Woodfords is the annual Pony Express Re-Ride which will travel north along the old Emigrant Trail on its way from Sacramento to St. Jo, Mo., as it has for the last 45 years, which is way longer than the two years the actual Pony Express was in service. Started in 1965 between Sacramento and Carson City, the re-ride extended east until it wound up back where it started in 1860. People travel from around the world to witness the transfer of the mochila.
Thursday also marks the opening of the Carson Valley Days Carnival, an extension of the celebration of Douglas County agriculture that was first celebrated in 1910.
In the intervening 115 years, while there have been gaps in its actual celebration, there were never any gaps in the memory of that first event and the ambition to put on a proper party.
This year marks the 80th straight Carson Valley Days Parade, which has been marching through the towns of Minden and Gardnerville since 1946. Every one of those parades and the accompanying events has been led by fewer than two dozen Carson Valley Active 20-30 Club members, whom we all owe a debt of gratitude for their efforts.
The scenery is often cited when people discuss Carson Valley, but it’s the people who make the difference here. Our thanks to everyone involved in these and the many other events we enjoy around the year that make this a place we’re proud to call home.