42nd Annual Western Heritage Day
À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ picked up its cowboy hat and gave a great, big yeehaw on April 25, 2024, for the 42nd annual Western Heritage Day.
4,150 attendees visited campus to travel back in time to experience a fun and educational day.Ìý
Western Heritage Day aims to educate and celebrate the culture of the Big Country’s past through interactive demonstrations and hands-on learning. This free event, geared toward elementary and pre-k-aged children, is offered to the community each year.Ìý
Western Heritage Day featured a wide array of attractions: sheep shearing, a petting zoo, longhorn viewing, a traditional chuckwagon with cooking demonstrations, a branding pit, quilt-making, and more!
Familiar groups to À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, such as the Six White Horses and the Cowboy Band, joined the festivities, too. The Cowboy Band gave a particularly enthusiastic performance at the show and imbued the event with À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s own cowboy spirit!Ìý
Gifts from the Guy Caldwell Endowment for Western Heritage and the Lee and Lou C. Evans Endowment for Western Heritage make À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s Western Heritage Day possible.Ìý