2016 Sheldon Picnic

Karen and Gene Story and their 1921 Ford/Hack took home a third place trophy in the car show Satruday.

Gene Story enjoys a luxury feature on his 1921 Ford/Hack, electric start. Story said the electric start option cost as additional $26 in 1921. According to Story, this type of car was used as a taxi to take people from the hotels to the train stations and back. Ford built the chassis and Hack, a carraige manufactuere, built the wooden body.

Paul Smith took home third place in the rat rod divison with his 1946-47 Ford hes calls The Infidel.

Sheldon firefighter Brandi Nance drove one of Sheldon's brush trucks in the parade. Nance is also a firefighter for the Nevada Fire Department and a new grandmother.

Gene and Karen Story with their 1921 Ford/Hack in the parade.

LeeAnn Cox (left) and Cassie Boultinghouse (right) take a break from clowining around to take pictures of the events going on at Sheldon's new bandstand.

2016 Grand Marshal for the 112th annual Sheldon Old Settlers' Picnic, Joe and Vocky Jadlot.

2016 Sheldon Old Settlers' Picnic mini princess, three-year-old Lllian Bowling, and her escort, three-year-old Royce Thompson

2016 Sheldon Old Settlers' Picnic little princess Sophie Kalleck, 8, and her escort, Jayden Berten.

2016 Sheldon Old Settlers' Picnic princess Leah Byram, 12, and her escort Haven Bennet, 15.

Shyanda Pitcock (left) was the 2015 Sheldon Old Settler's Picnic queen. Nicole Hites (right) is the 2016 Sheldon Old Settlers' Picnic queen.

Following the royalty coronation Saturday evening, Phyllis Sprenkle recognized the contributions of the Alice Donaldson Trust to the picnic. Also pictured are: Paul Donaldson (left), Alice Donaldson's nephew, and John Yates (right), executor of the Donaldson Trust.