The Fiesta Days parade filled Main Avenue Saturday morning. The community gathering was created 81 years ago as a celebration of Spanish and Native American history and cowboy heritage in the area.
Stetson Coulier, 6, rides in a wagon from the Durango Cowboy Church during the Fiesta Days Parade on Main Avenue on Saturday. Stetson is the son of Gracelynn and Jasen Coulier. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
8-year-old Caly Ortiz of Farmington readies her horse for the Fiesta Days Parade held on Main Avenue on Saturday morning. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
An estimated 400 spectators lined Main Avenue on Saturday in Durango for the Fiesta Days Parade. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Spectators and participants of this year’s Fiesta Days Parade head toward Main Avenue for the start of the 81st annual event. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
La Plata County Mounted Patrol's Carol Queen prepares for the start of the Fiesta Days Parade held Saturday morning on Main Avenue. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Fiesta Days royalty ride horseback down Main Avenue on Saturday morning during the 81st annual Fiesta Days Parade. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Scheuelle Reed, left and Cierra Palmer tend to their horses before the start of the Fiesta Days Parade held Saturday morning on Main Avenue. The girls were part of the Rocky Mountain Quarter and Paint Horse club out of Cortez. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Fiesta Days royalty ride horseback down Main Avenue on Saturday morning during the 81st annual Fiesta Days Parade. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Caly Ortiz, 8, of Farmington readies her horse for the Fiesta Days Parade held on Main Avenue on Saturday morning. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Spectators along Main Avenue watch the start to the Fiesta Days Parade held Saturday morning. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Spectators along Main Avenue watch the start of the Fiesta Days Parade held Saturday morning. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
This is how we parade. Children are led hand-in-hand from Seventh Street to Main Avenue to view the Fiesta Days Parade held Saturday morning. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
