A fun new event, celebrating the early days of Coulterville, is taking place the week of July 1st through July 5th! Best of all, it’s FREE!!!!
There will be activities taking place from 9:30 am to about 9 pm daily, many in the Coulterville Park and some around town, particularly a number of movies that will be shown at “The Mercantile” at 5016 Main St. in Historic Downtown Coulterville.
The organizer of this event, Greeley Hill resident Jesse Salcedo, got the idea for this event after attending a Southern Sierra Mi Wuk Pow Wow at the Mariposa Fairgrounds this past May. He has invited them to participate as a group since Coulterville sits on what was once their land but this is yet to be confirmed.
The name of the event hails back to the earliest days of the gold rush. The best-known story is that George Coulter’s original tent-based store had a small flag flying atop of it, prompting the local miners to call the place Banderita, Spanish for “small flag”.
While still busy confirming additional participants, as well as dates and times for some of those confirmed, to date the participants include:
A number of films will be shown at the Mercantile, with times posted online (“Coulterville, CA” Facebook page) and around town shortly before the event gets going. The lineup of films includes:
More vendors and historical activities are in the works. If interested in participating as a vendor, or other aspect of the event, contact jdsalcedo@earthlink.net; 650-740-2986.