Planning Your Visit
St. Joseph's Pony Express National Museum, the Jesse James House Museum, and the Glore Psychiatric Museum reflect the city's rich and sometimes dark history. The Missouri River provides the western backdrop, and the county's fertile bottomlands produce significant corn and soybean yields.
A Closer Look
Every year, St. Joseph hosts the Buchanan County Fair, which celebrates Missouri's fourth-largest city and the western gateway where the Pony Express began — St. Joseph was the jumping-off point for thousands of westward emigrants, and the county's Missouri River bottom farms and city neighborhoods come together at a fair with deep western Missouri heritage.
Fair Highlights
Typical offerings include livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, carnival rides, local food vendors, and a well-organized fair drawing from the greater St. Joseph metro area.
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