Before You Go
Ellsworth's Wild West heritage is preserved in local museums and annual events. The Smoky Hill River valley's wheat fields and the Kanopolis Lake recreation area define the county's modern agricultural and recreational character.
On the Midway
The fair features livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, wheat and grain exhibits, local food vendors, and a community fair honoring both the cattle drive heritage and the modern agricultural traditions of central Kansas.
What to Know
Held annually in Ellsworth, the Ellsworth County Fair celebrates a central Kansas county famous as one of the wildest cattle drive towns of the 1870s — Ellsworth served as a major terminus of the Chisholm Trail before Dodge City took over, and the county's wheat and cattle farming heritage is celebrated at a fair in the Smoky Hill River country of central Kansas.
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