A Heritage Day Celebration will be held on Saturday, Jan. 7, at the monument on Riverside Rd where the very first home was built in Virgin Valley.
This event will commemorate the 146th anniversary of the arrival of settlers in Virgin Valley in January of 1877. These settlers dedicated the land that is now Bunkerville, started clearing the fields and began digging an irrigation canal that would bring river water to the fields for spring planting.
The Heritage Day program will start at 9:00 am with a flagraising ceremony and songs. Vinnie Leavitt, author of “Mesquite Flats, a History of Virgin Valley,” will be the guest speaker at the event.
Refreshments will be served following the program. Everyone is invited to attend and learn about the community’s history.