 Wild West Weekend
First Weekend In June
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.
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 entertainment,
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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