If you ever showed cattle AND grew up in the Nebraska Panhandle, you know what happened every year on July 2. Yep, it's Crawford Beef Show Day. Every year on July 2, we would go to the Crawford Beef Show at the fair grounds right across from the sale barn; the only exception might be if July 2 fell on a Sunday, but I can't recall for sure.
I have so many memories from the Crawford Beef Show. I went before I was old enough to show when my dad would help the older kids. Oh, how I wanted to show! Even when we lived in Mullen, I remember heading to Crawford (quite a haul) in the wee hours of July 2. A bonus then was we would stop at the donut shop in Hyannis and got fresh donuts!
And of course some of my best memories were in the early 80s when I actually got to show there. Yep, the Crawford Beef Show was a pre-cursor to the fair, about a month out. You got to "go to town" and see all your friends and show your cattle! What a deal!
Perhaps one of my most vivid, although not pleasant, memories was showing Holly there. Remember Holly, the HORNED Hereford? Well, I wasn't very big, and she could practically pick me up with her left horn as I led her around that showring. I think I was permanently bruised on my side that entire summer!
Even all these years later, I always get a little nostalgic when July 2 rolls around.
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