Need help putting together history of local festivals

I am putting together the history of the Colorama/Western Festival/Festival of Lights since the beginning.

I have a rodeo picture as far back as 1952. The rodeo had been held in Pleasant Valley, down by the now-Credit Union, and maybe a couple other places before moving to the present location in Delano. During the Western Festival, most of the events were held in the Coulee Dam area, and in later years expanded to Grand Coulee.

I need any history you might have in your garage or closet, etc. I would most like pictures of the early queens, parade, carnivals, etc. If you have things you would like to donate to the Coulee Pioneer Museum, that would be great; if you have pictures that you want to keep, can I borrow them for a few days to scan them, then return them to you?

You can drop items off at the Senior Center with my name on them; mail to Coulee Pioneer Museum, PO Box 203, Grand Coulee, WA 99133; email them to birds@ifiber.tv; or call me at 509-631-0303 and I will meet you at the museum in Electric City.

Thanks for any help on this project. We have a 12” x 12” photo album of more than 100 pages at this time and growing.

Birdie Hensley