Pawnee Bill’s Original Wild West Show

On Saturday, June 8, The Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum will celebrate the lives and showmanship of Major Gordon W. “Pawnee Bill” Lillie and his wife, May Lillie, with Pawnee Bill’s Original Wild West Show, which will be held at the historic ranch site.

This grand reenactment will transport audiences to experience the historical Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show exhibitions through the sights and sounds of genuine Western entertainment. They will be transported to an era when entertainers thrilled and amazed audiences with their trick riding, military drills, and dramatic gunfights. Stagecoaches will be drawn through the arena while lightning and gunfire explode around the living history performances of Pawnee Bill, May, and their cohorts.

The museum will be open to the public during the festival from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and the mansion will be open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Local food trucks will be available on-site. Visitors can enjoy historically accurate entertainment such as blacksmithing, chuck wagon cooking, gunfighters and sharpshooters, a magician, medicine man shows, and musicians continuously on the ranch grounds from 2 to 6 p.m. The Pawnee Bill Original Wild West Show stagecoach will be available for photos in the arena from 4 to 6:30 p.m., along with crafts, games, food trucks, and your chance to meet Pawnee Bill and May Lillie. The big show begins at 7:30 p.m.

Ticket Sales:

Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors over the age of 62, $5 for children ages 6–12, and free for children five and younger. Tickets are not sold in advance or online, and must be purchased at the ranch entrance gate on the day of the event. For more information, please call 918-762-2513 or email pawneebill@history.ok.gov.

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Thank You to Our Sponsors
City of Pawnee
First Bank & Trust (Perry, Billings, Covington, Pawnee)
Grand River Dam Authority
Great Plains Kubota
Pawnee Hillcrest Pharmacy
P&K Equipment
United Community Action Program, Inc.