Pumpkin Walk
The North Logan Pumpkin Walk is a free event held annually in October in North Logan, Utah. The Pumpkin walk features caricatures made from pumpkin, squash, zucchini, and any other number of farm vegetables.
The walk originated in 1982 at Ida Beutler's backyard, with only 200 people in attendance. By 2013, that number had grown to more than 60,000.
History
Ida Beutler, from North Logan, Utah, hosted the first Pumpkin Walk on Halloween, 1982. She provided cookies to local children who wished to attend. It was very successful, and attendance the next year was an order of magnitude higher. It eventually became more than the Beutlers could manage, so it was cancelled that year. The city of North Logan then took the lead and re-instituted the event. In 1991, the city moved it to its current location of Elk Ridge Park.The Pumpkin Walk, now in its 36th year, regularly draws more than 20,000 visitors during its five-day run time. Many of the scenes were inspired by popular books and movies, such as “Alice in Wonderland” and “Mary Poppins.”
Themes of recent pumpkin walks
For a number of years, the Pumpkin Walk has had a theme. The table below shows many of these themes:| Year | Theme |
| 1996 | Tales from the Patch |
| 1997 | Somewhere in Pumpkin Time |
| 1998 | The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Pumpkins |
| 1999 | Blast from TV Past |
| 2000 | See You in the Funnies |
| 2001 | Go for the Orange |
| 2002 | Tell Me a Story |
| 2003 | The Best of 20 Years |
| 2004 | Once Upon a Vine |
| 2005 | Comedy Central |
| 2006 | Musical Tour |
| 2007 | Then and Now |
| 2008 | Calling All Heroes |
| 2009 | And Now, a Word from our Sponsors |
| 2010 | The Magic of Animation |
| 2011 | My Favorite Things |
| 2012 | Let the Games Begin |
| 2013 | A Walk to Remember |
| 2014 | It's a Classic |
| 2015 | Now, that's Funny! |
| 2016 | American Icons |
| 2017 | It's About Time |