About Vernon County Fair
The Vernon County Fair in Nevada — Missouri's Nevada, pronounced "Ne-VAY-dah" by locals — celebrates a west Missouri county where the Bushwhacker Museum preserves the Civil War guerrilla heritage of a county that witnessed intense border warfare, and where cattle and grain farming have defined the economy of the western Missouri prairie since Reconstruction.
What to Expect
Expect livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, local food vendors, and a community fair honoring both the agricultural traditions and the complex Civil War heritage of western Missouri's border country.
Visitor Tips
Nevada's Bushwhacker Museum tells the story of Missouri's Civil War guerrilla war. The county's western Missouri prairie landscape is cattle country, and Schell-Osage Conservation Area provides excellent wildlife viewing in one of Missouri's finest managed wetland areas.
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