Mark Your Calendars for the Upcoming Beaver County Fair and Cimmaron Territorial Celebration

Click here to listen to KC Sheperd talk with Mary Chris Barth about upcoming festivities in the panhandle.

Farm Director, KC Sheperd, is visiting with Mary Chris Barth about the Beaver County Free Fair and Cimmaron Territorial Celebration combined event coming up on August 20th through the 26th. Barth is on the fair board in Beaver County and gives Sheperd a run-down of what the week will look like.

“The panhandle, ‘no man’s land,’ Cimarron territory- we are the only part of the state that was in two territories,” Barth said. “Because there was no government, the people here established their own territory, and then directly, we were attached to Oklahoma territory.”

The event will begin on Sunday, August 20th with a community-wide church service, Barth said, then on Monday, festivities will begin.

“Tuesday will be our farmers market there on the fairgrounds, and it is vendors from both Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas coming,” Barth said. “So, we will welcome people Tuesday evening to do that.”

On Wednesday, August 23, there will be a chili cookoff featuring hamburger meat that is sold directly from producers within Cimmaron territory.

“So, if you are in Beaver, Texas, or Cimmaron County, your hamburger will be featured, as well as those from our local processing plant,” Barth said. “Those who want to participate and are not a direct producer are eligible to do so by purchasing hamburger from one of these producers.”

Wednesday will also feature the crowning of the King and Queen of the Cimarron Territorial Celebration, Barth said, around mid-day at the First Security Bank in Beaver.

Barth also talked about the events that will take place on Saturday.

“We will start off our cow-chip events with our jackpot cow-chip stock show, which starts at 7:30,” Barth said.

Barth said the stock show will have cattle, sheep, goats, and then swine from the county only.

“Then we have our cow-chip parade,” Barth said. “Kiddie parade starts at 10, and cow chip parade starts at 10:30. The whole main street of Beaver will be closed off, and we look forward to having participation from across the area on that.”

At 2 p.m., Barth said the cow chip throwing contest will begin.

“We feature cow chips because that was the fuel that homesteaders had to cook with, to heat with, because there were no trees,” Barth said. “We have an opening for dignitaries to throw, and then we break down into ages. It will be held at the Beaver County rodeo arena, which is a portion of our fairgrounds.”

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