Melcher-Dallas will be celebrating their annual Coal Miner’s Day with three days of events next week.

Coal Miner’s Committee Vice-President Angie Lepley says the event started as a simple golf outing several decades ago. She says the golfers did the event for five years before deciding to call it Coal Miner’s Day and around 1975, others decided to have a picnic to coincide with the outing.
The 40th Anniversary of Coal Miner’s Day will be held June 26th through the 28th. The KNIA/KRLS Little Big Red Radio will be on hand playing music on the 27th.