Uptown Shelby, in conjunction with the Carolinas Airstream Club, is set to host the inaugural Shelby Airstream Parade and Open House which begins Friday and runs through Sunday. The idea was sparked by Shelby native Roger Holland who wanted the city to play host to a unique event while generating revenue for local businesses. According to Holland, Airstream rallies are held to revive small towns. Holland is hopeful this weekend’s festivities will provide a jolt of revenue for Shelby business owners. “A few years back somebody said why don’t we have an Airstream rally in a town in the Midwest where the center of cities were dying,” said Holland. “They will get to see all types of different Airstreams, and it’s a way to booster the local economy of a small town.”
SALT LAKE CITY At 10:03 a.m. Eastern time on Jan. 4, 1896, President Grover Cleveland signed a proclamation that declared Utah to be the country s 45th state. A superintendent of Western Union in Salt Lake City rushed from his office and fired a pair of shots in the air to inform the community that the proclamation was signed, historian Audrey Godfrey wrote in a 1995 article about Statehood Day for Utah Historical Quarterly. At this prearranged signal, merrymaking commenced, Godfrey wrote. Bill Bingley and his shotgun brigade gathered near Browning Brothers store in Salt Lake, and boys blew whistles and set off bombs felt blocks away. At 11:30, the NGU (National Guard of Utah) gathered on Capitol Hill at noon to fire a 21-gun salute.