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Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Fest
September 18, 2021, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
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The Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum will celebrate the lives of Gordon W. “Pawnee Bill” Lillie and his wife May Lillie and their famous Wild West Shows with a one-day festival on Saturday, September 18, 2021. Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Fest will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the historic original ranch site. Stagecoaches will roll amid thundering horse hooves while the lightning of gunfire explodes around Pawnee Bill, May, and their cohorts as the talented performers thrill and amaze audiences. The festival will feature exhibitions of acts from Pawnee Bill’s Original Wild West Show.
Kevin Webb will portray Pawnee Bill. Webb, a long-time Wild West Show cast member and Pawnee Bill Ranch employee, is also a whip artist and chariot racer. Alyce Webb, Kevin’s wife, will portray May Lillie, performing her act on horseback. This event will include more great performers, such as trick rider Windy Ratchford Lattin, who will demonstrate a complete mastery of her equine companion while performing some of the wildest stunts ever seen. Kalvin “Kowboy Kal” Cook will astound guests with his roping feats and skills. The Mike Pahsetopah family will perform as the Dancing Eagles, paying tribute to American Indian culture with their stunning Native dancing. Show cowboys and cowgirls will be back again this year to demonstrate their skills with reckless feats of horsemanship and entertaining races.
The museum will be open to the public during the festival from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Food from local food trucks will be available for purchase on-site. There will be historically accurate entertainment such as blacksmithing, gunfighters and sharpshooters, a medicine man show, and musicians, held continuously on the ranch grounds from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Admission will be taken at the entrance gate to the historic ranch. For more information, please call 918-762-2513 or email pawneebill@okhistory.org. No tickets can be purchased online or in advance. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for active military, veterans, and seniors ages 62 and older; $5 for children ages 6–12, and free for children ages 5 and under.
