It’s summertime, and that means fair and rodeo season.
Jim Woster talks with visitors before an event at the Rock County Fair in Luverne, Minn., in 2019.
A stagecoach is about to get robbed during the Days of ’76 Rodeo in Deadwood. Reenactments are held during each rodeo performance.
Rodeo is a favorite part of many fairs across the Midwest.
Carnival lights glitter like jewels as the sun sets on another day of the Brown County (S.D.) Fair.
A painted face is one of the happy side attractions at fairs.
People are also reading…
Fans can rock out to a variety of different music genres at concerts across the area, as in this photo from the Brown Co. (S.D). Fair.
The boys at the McCrossan Boys Ranch Xtreme Event Challenge do much of the work in producing the event, including helping with the four-horse hitch.
Hopes and dreams run through a boy’s head, underneath a cowboy hat, as he watches the McCrossan Boys Ranch Xtreme Event Challenge
The saloon-going-reenactors from Saloon No. 10 wave to the rodeo crowd in Deadwood at the Days of ’76 rodeo. Wild Bill Hickok’s murder is part of the rodeo during each performance.
Clay County Fair exhibitors walk their cattle through the grounds during the 2018 fair.
Freelance writer Ruth Nicolaus loves (nearly) everything about the Great Plains, but mostly its people. She lives in eastern Nebraska. Reach her at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.
