About Big Stone County Fair

The Big Stone County Fair in Ortonville celebrates the westernmost Minnesota county on the South Dakota border where Big Stone Lake headwaters of the Minnesota River and grain farming define a community at the continental divide between the Gulf of Mexico and Hudson Bay drainages.

What to Expect

Expect livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, grain exhibits, local food vendors, and the community spirit of a small western Minnesota agricultural county.

Visitor Tips

Ortonville sits on Big Stone Lake at the Minnesota-South Dakota border. Big Stone Lake is the headwaters of the Minnesota River and sits on the continental divide between Gulf of Mexico and Hudson Bay drainages. Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge protects critical wetlands.

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