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Typical Month
August
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Duration
3 days
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Size
small
About Bent County Fair
The Bent County Fair in Las Animas celebrates the Arkansas River valley county where Bent's Fort — the most important trading post in the American Southwest — stood, and where the Sand Creek Massacre site and John Prowers's cattle empire define a county of profound historical significance at the edge of the Colorado Plains.
What to Expect
Expect livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, Arkansas River valley crop exhibits, rodeo events, local food vendors, and a fair honoring the extraordinary frontier heritage of southeastern Colorado.
Visitor Tips
The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site preserves the ground where Colonel Chivington's troops killed over 160 Cheyenne and Arapaho people in 1864. Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site reconstructs the 1833 trading post. Las Animas's Kit Carson Museum honors the legendary frontiersman who scouted these plains.
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