By Deb Murphy Locals know the history. The 1968 packing season got a late start due to a lot of left-over snow; not a good thing for Sierra packers. One solution was a splashy opening of the 1969 season with a mule show. That initial effort was one-day and followed a fairly traditional format. Every […]
Press release Attention all local businesses: The Bishop Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a fun contest for the purpose of showing our community’s Mule Days spirit. All types of businesses are encouraged to decorate the exterior and/or interior with a western Mule Days inspired theme. We want to welcome all Mule Days guests and let […]
Press release The organizers of the Leadership Eastern Sierra (LES) program are pleased to announce that nineteen people have successfully completed the program. Leadership Eastern Sierra (LES) is not a typical leadership class. The program was established three years ago and is a biennial program designed to increase awareness of issues and challenges specific to […]
By Deb Murphy Dr. Carl Lind, DVM was gruff and opinionated, vet who took the death of his patients as hard as their owners, a mentor to the young people who worked at Bishop Veterinarian Hospital. He wasn’t PC, he was a friend, a perpetual volunteer, a party animal. He loved kids, animals and his […]
The countdown to the 2017 Bishop Mule Days Celebration is underway! Tickets for this year’s event go on sale Monday, February 1, 2017, on the Mule Days website at www.MuleDays.org or at the office on Main Street. Ticket packages abound this year and the entertainment promises to be amazing! This year’s featured entertainment events include […]
Press releases The countdown to the 2016 Bishop Mule Days Celebration is underway! Tickets for this year’s event go on sale Monday, February 1, 2016 on the Mule Days website at www.MuleDays.org or at the office on Main Street. Ticket packages abound this year and the entertainment promises to be amazing! This year’s featured entertainment […]
By Deb Murphy Bob Tanner lived a glorious, enviable life. He was a packer, an author, a founder of Bishop’s Mule Days, a football coach, the face and voice for pack stations when the lifestyle was threatened by government regulation and the driving force behind the vision of a mule museum in Bishop. Tanner died […]
– Press release It’s a question Bishop Mule Days gets all the time: When are those beautiful black horses coming back to Mule Days? Well, public persistence has paid off. This May, Bishop Mule Days will welcome back the amazing Percheron Thunder. The six-Percheron hitch driven by Jason Goodman is schedule to appear in most […]
Topic: Counterfeit Money (Bishop Police press release) The Memorial Day weekend is approaching and the Bishop Police Department would like to remind local businesses as well as the vendors of Mule Days to be aware of counterfeit money. The department has received information regarding counterfeit one hundred dollar bills circling in the Bishop area. We […]
By Barbara Laughon, Mule Days Media Relations Chair With a nod to its roots, The Bishop Mule Days Celebration is pleased to announce the line-up for its 2014 concert. Award-winning cowboy entertainer Dave Stamey will headline the concert with nationally-known cowboy poet Baxter Black serving as the opening act. The concert is set for Thursday, May 22, 7:30 p.m.in the Charles Brown Auditorium. Dave […]
Stanley Allen Matlick, a man who continued his family’s fight for water in the Eastern Sierra, has died. Mr. Matlick passed away Thursday, May 16 at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno after a brief illness; he lived 81 wonderful years, said his daughter, Margaret. A funeral service is set for Thursday, May 30th, at First […]
– MULE DAYS PRESS RELEASE Letter to all parents of school children 2013 Bishop Mule Days will be here soon! This year there will be some new and exciting special activities for our local children and these activities are free! In fact, there is no entry fee associated with Mule Days, except to see the […]
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