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Carnival

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The Bohemia Mining Days Board of Directors selected  Portland-based Hayworth Family Shows to provide the carnival rides for this year’s festival.

Date: 
Thu, 07/19/2012 - 4:00pm - 10:00pm
Fri, 07/20/2012 - 2:00pm - 10:00pm
Sat, 07/21/2012 - 11:00am - 10:00pm
Sun, 07/22/2012 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Cottage Grove Historical Museum

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Travel back in time by including a visit to the Cottage Grove Museum as part of your Bohemia Mining Days experience this year.

Date: 
Thu, 07/19/2012 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Fri, 07/20/2012 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Sat, 07/21/2012 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Sun, 07/22/2012 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Gold Panning & Mining Camp Display

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Be sure to visit the Bohemia Mine Owners Association display area in Coiner Park’s Bohemia City and chat with some present day miners. They offer free gold panning demonstrations and provide a replica of a miner’s log cabin. For a small fee you can pan for gold and take home your efforts as a special souvenir of BMD.

Date: 
Thu, 07/19/2012 - 4:00pm - 10:00pm
Fri, 07/20/2012 - 10:00am - 10:00pm
Sat, 07/21/2012 - 10:00am - 10:00pm
Sun, 07/22/2012 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
Location : 

Bohemia Gold Mining Museum

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The discovery of gold in the Cascade foothills east of Cottage Grove in 1863 soon transformed the small agricultural community into a gold mining boom town.

Date: 
Thu, 07/19/2012 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Fri, 07/20/2012 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Sat, 07/21/2012 - 10:00am - 4:00pm

Pony Rides

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No celebration of Cottage Grove’s early history would be complete without honoring the role horses played in Cottage Grove's earliest days.

Date: 
Thu, 07/19/2012 - 4:00pm - 10:00pm
Fri, 07/20/2012 - 10:00am - 10:00pm
Sat, 07/21/2012 - 10:00am - 10:00pm
Location : 

Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides

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Celebrating the spirit and determination of our community’s first white settlers who arrived here by wagon, Bohemia Mining Days offers festival visitors the opportunity to hop aboard a traditional wagon and travel back i

Date: 
Fri, 07/20/2012 - 2:00pm - 8:00pm
Sat, 07/21/2012 - 1:00pm - 8:00pm
Location : 

BMD Ice Cream Social & Quilt Show

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Quilt Show Hours:  Noon – 8:00 p.m.

Ice Cream Social:  4:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Date: 
Fri, 07/20/2012 - 12:00pm - 8:00pm
Fri, 07/20/2012 - 4:00pm - 8:00pm
Cost: 
Free – Any donations will be divided between the FPC Bell Choir, which is hosting the event, and with Cottage Grove’s Community Sharing Program.
Menu: 
Ice cream sundaes you create using a variety of flavors and toppings

Costume Contest

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A costume contest has been a feature of Bohemia Mining Days since its inception.

Date: 
Sat, 07/21/2012 - 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Location : 

Cherry Pit Spittin' Contest

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Contests have long been a favorite part of America's country fairs and festivals.  The fertile soils of the Willamette River Valley produce a wide variety of fruits -- including cherries.

Date: 
Fri, 07/20/2012 - 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Fri, 07/20/2012 - 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Sat, 07/21/2012 - 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Sat, 07/21/2012 - 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Location : 

Grand Miners Parade

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Route: Begins at Jackson Avenue and proceeds north on South 10th Street to Main Street. It turns right and proceeds east on Main Street past Coiner Park to Gateway Boulevard.  It then turns right and heads south on Gateway Boulevard and ends at East Washington Avenue.

Date: 
Sat, 07/21/2012 - 10:00am

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