Tall Tales of the Wild West: County Fair

You visit the modern-day Park County Fair expecting show cattle, carnival rides, fried food, and clogging performances under the pavilion. Instead, one wrong turn through an old canvas midway leads you to a county fair that shouldn't exist. Oil lanterns replace electric lights, fiddles fill the air, the cowboys aren't wearing costumes, and nobody seems the least bit surprised that you're here. Welcome to the Fair, where Wyoming's mysterious and, sometimes absurd, past, present, and future gather beneath the same sky. Meet Buffalo Bill Cody, the Fair's ever-cheerful volunteer, collect ribbons by testing your courage, curiosity, kindness, and luck, wander the midway, compete in contests, uncover strange attractions, befriend legends, cryptids, and ordinary folks from every era, or simply enjoy a day unlike any other. No two visits unfold the same way. One afternoon you might judge a pie contest, the next help a frontier-era ghost win at pig wrestling, challenge Annie Oakley to a Water Gun Race, or discover why everyone insists you should never ask a jackalope for directions. Whether you leave with an armful of blue ribbons, a pocket full of impossible memories, or more questions than answers is entirely up to you. The Fair has been waiting for you. Welcome to the Wild West... through the ages.