Along with Trekfest, the City of Riverside is celebrating its Sesquicentennial this weekend.

Co Coordinator of the 150th Committee Christine Kirkwood encourages visitors of Riverside to stop in at the Voyage Home Museum while in town.

Along with seeing Star Trek exhibits, Kirkwood adds there is Riverside history to be experienced as well, “A big one I think would be the railroad itself coming through town. Because originally the settlement here was on the south side of the river. When the railroad came through on the north side the little community of Yatton on the south, moved north in order to be where the railroad was and that is when Riverside came into being.”

For those not wanting to do the math, we did it for you. Riverside was established in 1872.