Another big festival in the area is the Western Heritage Weekend on Sept. 23-24 in Dewey. According to organizers, the city of Dewey will keep the spirit of the Old West alive with the 13th annual Western Heritage Weekend. Voted True West magazine’s “Reader’s Choice for Best Old West Event” in 2016, Western Heritage Weekend events reflect the best in family fun and historical entertainment. Dewey will come alive with the sounds of longhorn cattle and stagecoaches during this two-day festival. Saturday’s events begin at 9 a.m. with the Miles for Mammograms “Outlaw Dash” 5K and Fun Run benefiting Family Healthcare Clinic. The starting gun for the race will be fired by one of the many Old West reenactors. Festivities this year include live music, children’s games, merchandise and food vendors, and the ever-popular Stick Horse Rodeo. Cowboys and gunfighters will wander the streets, with a bank robbery and gunfights by the Tom Mix Gunfighters. Admission is free to the Tom Mix Museum and Dewey Hotel Museum, though donations are appreciated. The high point of the day is the Longhorn Parade. “No matter how many times you see them — when those longhorns come walking down Main Street, it is always a thrill,” said Bill Woodard, a Dewey native and
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Tom Mix Museum board member. On Sunday the venue changes from downtown Dewey to Prairie Song Village, a re-created Old West town approximately five miles east of Dewey. Gates open at 9 a.m. with a cowboy breakfast available from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in Songcatcher Barn. Cowboy Church will be held at 10 a.m. in the arena. Merchandise and food vendors will open at 10 a.m., with tours of Prairie
Song buildings from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. A gunfight is set for high noon at the bank and in front of the saloon after the Wild West Show. The Great American Medicine Show returns featuring Polecat Annie and Professor Farquar. The Wild West Show starts at 1:30 p.m. when the cowboys round up the longhorns and drive them into the arena. Featured performers include Amanda Payne —
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