Trail Days royal tradition runs deep

6 marks the 63rd annual celebration of Pine Bluffs Trail Days. Presiding over the festivities this year is queen Summer Bowman.

Until the 1970s, a new queen and attendant were chosen each year. In some years, there were more than one attendant, so many young ladies served as just queen or just attendant. After 1970, just an attendant was chosen yearly, and then moved up to queen the following year.

The following is a list of Pine Bluffs Trail Days queens and attendants beginning in 1952. No record could be found of royalty for the first two years of the celebration, nor for 1953 or 1954. Th...