Phillips County Museum News for Wednesday, July 3, 2024

One hundred years ago, The Enterprise newspaper of Malta wrote that the people of Malta had a choice of Fourth of July celebrations to attend. Landusky, Freewater, Rocky Point, and Saco were all holding events.

Saco’s two-day celebration was organized by the Saco American Legion and the Saco firemen. The crowd was estimated to be 3,000 on the 4th, and slightly less on the 5th. It started off with a patriotic speech by Judge Borton of Glasgow.

W. J. Wallace was in charge of the Stampede program. There were bareback and saddle bronc riders, ropers, and racers. There were “free for all”, relay, a...