County Fairs
Utah has several counties and many of them still hold their annual county fairs toward the end of the summer months. I remember those fairs as being a special treat that we got to participate in only if the haying was done and there was time enough to go to town to the fair. It was a good thing that Duchesne was the county seat and thus the county fair grounds were located there or we probably wouldn’t have gone. The events that I always liked were the Ferris Wheel, rodeo, pig roasting that would happen every few years, and the displays for 4-H and local talent. There was always canned fruit, photographs and art work, breads and plenty of other goodies to view and even at times sample. I even had things entered in the fairs for several years due to 4-H Forestry and other 4-H classes ands still have the ribbons that I received for winning in some of the judging. There was always the parade to at the start of the event that we were in sometimes riding the float as a Duchesne High School Band (we didn’t have a marching band). The fair typically lasted for three days with the rodeo being held each night. I really quite liked watching the clowns at the rodeo but was always glad I wasn’t one of the Bull or Bareback bronc riders. I was plenty content staying in the crowd.
