DIXON, CA (MPG) - The Dixon Downtown Business Association (DDBA) has made the downtown area festive by adding large displays of pumpkins, hay bales, and cutouts of witches and ghosts at major intersections downtown. They invite families to come downtown and join in the trick or treating at the downtown business from 2 to 4 pm on Friday afternoon, October 29^th. In addition, the Dixon Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Trunk or Treat event, live music, and games from 4 to 7 pm at the Dixon Chamber of Commerce Parking lot located at 220 N. Jefferson.

The Dixon History Museum is excited to participate and announced that several characters from Dixon’s captivating history will be at the museum for the festivities. A rumor has been circulating that Captain Devilbiss, leader of the wagon train that left Canton, Missouri, in April of 1865, headed to California, will be making a stop in front of the Dixon History Museum from 2 to 4 pm on Friday afternoon, October 29. Treats will be available for children in costume that have come to the museum to welcome the wagon train.

Also, arriving on the wagon train is Bud and Henrietta Ellis along with their infant daughter Carrie. They left their home in Missouri four months ago and are pleased to have almost reached the destination of their new home - Silveyville. It has been a long journey made more difficult due to Indian uprisings in the “four corners” making it necessary for the wagon train to travel further south into Colorado before safely reaching Fort Bridger. At that point they joined other wagons traveling to California on the trail that crossed the salt flats of the Great Salt Lake, over the Sierras stopping in Carson City, Placerville, and then on to Sacramento before reaching Silveyville.

Elijah Silvey and his wife will be at the museum to meet folks and tell the weary travelers about the soft beds and good meals a few miles down the trail at their tavern in the town of Silveyville. The proprietors proudly wave their red lanterns to guide travelers to the tavern which is located halfway between Vacaville and Davisville.

Several ladies from the Dixon Women’s Improvement Club will be holding a meeting to discuss purchasing the property on First Street that is sometimes referred to as Dixon’s “Barbary Coast.” In an effort to beautify and enhance the Dixon community, Mrs. Oscar Schulze, along with Mrs. Robert J. Currey and other members of the Club have contacted Andrew Carnegie to inquire about a grant from the Carnegie Foundation to build a park and an actual library on the site.

We encourage everyone to come, have fun, and enjoy a family friendly Halloween event in our hometown.