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BOHEMIA NUGGET 2015
Welcome to the 56th annual
Bohemia Mining Days Festival!
We’re all just as pleased as can be to welcome you to the
56th annual Bohemia Mining Days! There are plenty of new
things to see and do this year, along with a bunch of old
favorites from years gone by. Pick a side, join the feud and
have fun!
From Mayor Tom Munroe:
Bohemia City Marshal Welcomes You!
A
s Marshal of Bohemia City, I'd like to
welcome you to our fair city and en-
courage you to enjoy all it has to offer during
your Bohemia Mining Days experience.
I want to assure our good citizens — and our
visitors — my trusty deputies and I will remain
vigilant and enforce all the laws of our fair city.
For those scofflaws who choose to break one of
‘em, they will receive a citation, with the fine
payable immediately at Bohemia City Hall!
It’s all in good fun, so come on down to Bo-
hemia City and bring the whole family for four
days of fun!
Gary Williams
Bohemia City Marshal
About the Bohemia Nugget
The Bohemia Nugget was originally
a Friday weekly published in Cottage
Grove from 1889 to 1907, when it was
consolidated with the Cottage Grove
Leader. After years of competing, The
Leader was fi nally bought out by its
nemesis, the Cottage Grove Sentinel, in
1918. We celebrate our colorful heri-
tage by publishing this annual com-
memorative section that highlights
Cottage Grove’s history and serves as
an information guide for the Bohemia
Mining Days Festival. Stories and pho-
tos refl ect the life and times of a bygone
era as well as current events surround-
ing Bohemia Mining Days.
T he Cottage Grove City Council, city staff,
and local citizens of our great city welcome
you to the Bohemia Mining Days celebra-
tion.
This year is the 56th anniversary of the
festival, which offers four days of fun for the
whole family. It is also the 51st year of the
Miners Breakfast on the Mountain, hosted
by the Cottage Grove Prospectors and Gold-
diggers Club, in the scenic Bohemia Mining
District (approximately 40 miles southeast
of town).
I urge you to attend both events and enjoy
our great city as well as the many local his-
toric homes and covered bridges you many
not fi nd anywhere else.
If you need more local information, please
visit the Chamber of Commerce’s Visitor
Center in the Cottage Grove Community
Center on Gibbs Avenue. When the Visitor
Center is closed, local information is also
available in the lobby of the Village Green
Resort and Gardens on Row River Road.
Mayor Thomas Munroe