Faus Silvernail is out in the fields everyday working and caring for the melon crop. Silvernail has been running Dixon Melons Inc. for the last 20 years and upped the farm's production by five times. (Emily Messer/Leader)
August 18, 2025
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Powered by melons: Dixon thrives during harvest season
The storied Dixon Bar is under new but familiar management and the changes – along with the harvest of the fabled Dixon melons and a coffee shop in the mercantile – are drawing a crowd to the small town.