Wild West Weekend
June 6-8, 2008
The first weekend in June gives locals and visitors a chance to travel back in
time when covered wagons and the new railroad were the principle means of transportation
along the trails that cut through the Fairbury area in southeast Nebraska.
A few of the scheduled events are:
- Wild West Art Show
- Sidewalk Sales
- Saloon Casino
- Geo Caching
- History Speakers
- Western Theme Pictures
- Paintball Shootout
- Wild West Petting Zoo/Inflatables
- Wild West Themed Parade
- Mock Gun Fights
- Stage Coach Rides
- Square Dancing
- Pig Mud Wrestling
- Drag Your Nag Contest
- Archery and Tomahawk Contest
- Mountain Men
- Bike & Car Show
- Beer Gardens & Dances
- City Wide Church Service & Lunch
Stay the weekend and live the experience of the Wild West. See how the west was won with Rock Creek Trail Days and Rails and Trails Days the same weekend!
Rock Creek Trails Days activities include:
Activities Include:
- Historical Interpretation on the East & West Ranches
- Black Powder Gun Demonstartions
- Living History of Early Trail Periods
- Brain Tanning - Primitative Clothing
- Mounted Cowboy Shooting Action
- Pony Express Runs
- Basket Weaving
- Pine Needle Weaving (Sunday Only)
- Bobbin Lace (Saturday Only)
- Frontier Games
- Frontier Cabin Life
- Spinning
- Fire Building -- Flint & Steel
- Frontier Survival Skills
- Blacksmithing
- Tatting & Knitting
- Rope Making
- Tepee
Don't miss Rails and Trails Days too! Ride on
miniature railroad, enjoy exhibits and musical entertianment,
the flea market, and model train displays at the Historic Rock
Island Depot, located at 2nd (Bacon Road) and I Streets in Fairbury.
The Fairbury Rock
Island Depot, has
been lovingly restored and filled with artifacts recounting the history
of the Rock Island Railroad and the local residents who worked out
of the Fairbury depot.
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