Rosalia Battle Days tradition rolls on

Ferguson

Gazette intern reporter

The 47th annual Rosalia Battle Days offers an array of events from Friday through Sunday this weekend.

Battle Days was launched in 1970 by members of the Odd Fellows Lodge, and the name stems from the Indian War of 1878 when Col. Edward Steptoe was turned back by warriors from a coalition of tribes and made his stand on the east hill of Rosalia, now the site of the Steptoe monument.

This year’s festivities will begin on Friday, June 3, with a teen dance sponsored by Miss Rosalia Royalty in the Rosalia High School cafeteria from 7 to 11 p.m.

Saturday’s events ki...