The 2010 Historic Ritzville Days Western Art Show, sponsored by the Ritzville Downtown Development Association, will encompass downtown Ritzville for a two-day event that features inside and outside venues.

Centrally located in the heart of downtown, more than 60 renowned western artisans gather in Pioneer Plaza and downtown businesses along Main Avenue and Railroad Avenue for the event, which is in its fourth year.

The art show celebrates art that captures the spirit of the West, Rural Living, Native American Life, Wildlife and Agriculture.

The RDDA is a non-profit corporation formed in 2003 by local businesses and citizens dedicated to the revitalization of downtown Ritzville.

RDDA is committed to sponsoring programs and activities that fulfill the purposes of historic preservation, community education and lessening the burdens of local government.

The RDDA's main focus is within the boundaries of First Avenue on the south, Broadway Avenue on the north, Jefferson Street on the west and Columbia Street on the east, inclusive of both sides of the street. Click here to see a map of the district.

Ritzville boasts a beautiful downtown area, steeped in history reflecting the cattle and wheat industries. Downtown Ritzville is designated as a National Historic District by the National Register of Historic Places. Record wheat harvests in the early 1900s, plus a steady influx of settlers, fueled downtown construction. By 1900, the first brick structures on most of the blocks in the district were built. The majority of those early structures remain intack and relatively unchanged.