About Toole County Fair

The Toole County Fair in Shelby celebrates a Hi-Line oil and wheat county on the Canadian border famous for hosting the 1923 World Heavyweight Championship — Jack Dempsey fought Tommy Gibbons in Shelby in a legendary bout that nearly bankrupted the town, and today the county's oil production, wheat farming, and border commerce with Alberta define a community that has recovered its prosperity.

What to Expect

Expect livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, wheat exhibits, local food vendors, and a fair drawing from the greater Shelby area and the county's oil and farming communities.

Visitor Tips

Shelby's Marias Museum of History and Art preserves the story of the famous 1923 Dempsey-Gibbons fight. The Marias Pass — the lowest pass through the Northern Rockies on the Great Northern Railway — is a major transportation corridor, and the Blackfeet Nation's homeland lies just to the south.

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