Attorney Lillian Donohue waves the flag for the Republican Women's Club in Pahrump.



Deadwood Dave, at left, and Hawkeye Joe of the Pahrump Gunfighters get ready to open fire during Saturday morning's parade.



Richard Stephens captures the fire in the night in Beatty.



Richard Stephens catches a little girl supremely focused on just one thing -- watermelon.



Car salesman and now restaurateur Tom Saitta cuts loose during the Pahrump Fourth of July parade.



Zuzana Kukol's young white tiger Elvis, just a year old, is a surprise guest at Michael von Quilich's Independence Day party of the Viper Club of America-Nevada Region Saturday afternoon.

Photos by Richard Stephens, Horace Langford Jr. and Mark Smith