Before You Go
Lake McConaughy ("Big Mac") is Nebraska's largest reservoir and a major destination for boating, fishing, camping, and white sand beaches. Ogallala's Boot Hill Cemetery and Front Street recreate the Texas Longhorn cattle drive era, and the county's extensive center-pivot irrigation supports high-yield corn production.
On the Midway
The fair features livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, corn and irrigation crop exhibits, local food vendors, carnival rides, and a fair drawing from the greater Ogallala area and Keith County's farming families.
What to Know
Every year, Ogallala hosts the Keith County Fair, which celebrates the "Queen of the Cowtowns" on the South Platte River — Ogallala was one of the great cattle shipping points of the Texas Longhorn era, and today Lake McConaughy (Nebraska's largest reservoir) makes Keith County a major recreation destination alongside its agricultural traditions of corn, irrigation farming, and cattle ranching.
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