Rural Heritage June/July 2026

Calendar of Events June 12-14, 2026 Montana Mule Days, Ravalli County Fairgrounds, Hamilton, MT, phone: (406) 381-5980, web: montanamuledays.com June 12-14 Trailblazer Days: Opening the Last Frontier, Thermopolis, WY, Celebrating the early trailblazers who traversed the difficult terrain to settle Big Horn Basin; web: trailblazer days June 13-14, 2026 Iowa Farm Team Challenge Show, Clarinda, IA, phone: Doug Peterson (641) 344-8677 or Dave Mires (660) 853-1795 web: iowadrafthorse.com June 15-19, 2026 Doc Hammill Driving, Working and Training Horses in Harness, St. Ignatius, MT, phone: (406) 250-8252, email: workshops@dochammill.com, web: www.dochammill.com June 15-19, 2026 Laff N Lyon Ranch Harness, Hitch and Driving Clinic, Sherman, NY: Melissa Lyon, (716) 753-6389, email: laffnlyonranch@gmail.com, web: www.laffnlyonranch.com June 20, 2026 FOY Horse & Mule Show, Kiester, MN: contact Jake, phone: (507) 525-8305, email: farmingofyesteryear@ gmail.com, web: www.facebook.com/foykiestermn June 21-27, 2026 Pendleton Wagon Train, Pendleton, OR, phone: (541) 276-2553, email: pendletonwagontrain@gmail.com, web: pendletonroundup.com June 25-27, 2026 World Draft Cattle Symposium, Tillers International, Scotts, MI, phone: (269) 626-0223, email: tillers@ tillersinternational.org, web: tillers international.org June 26-28, 2026 Midwest Ox Drovers Association Gathering, Tillers International, Scotts, MI, phone: (269) 251-7069, web: www.midwestoxdrovers.com June 26-28, 2026 Big Sky Draft Horse Expo, Deer Lodge, MT, phone: (406) 490-1305, email: info@drafthorseexpo.com, web: drafthorseexpo.com June 27, 2026 Linn County Fair Obstacle Course sponsored by the Iowa Draft Horse and and Mule Association, Center City, IA, phone: Jeff Carnahan (319) 213-1858, web: iowadrafthorse.com

July 3-4, 2026 Horse Progress Days, Arthur, IL, phone Virgil Yoder: (217) 294-3838, web: www.horseprogressdays.com July 3-5, 2026 Laff N Lyon Ranch Just the Basics Driving Clinic, Sherman, NY: 3-day Harness, hitch and driving clinic, contact Melissa Lyon, phone: (716) 753-6389, email: laffnlyonranch@gmail.com, web: www.laffnlyonranch.com July 12, 2026 Iowa Farm Team Challenge sponsored by the Iowa Draft Horse and and Mule Association, New Virginia, IA, phone: Jim Stuart (515) 971-1254, web: iowadrafthorse.com July 10-12, 2026 Laff N Lyon Ranch Just the Basics Driving Clinic, Sherman, NY: 3-day Harness, hitch and driving clinic, contact Melissa Lyon, phone: (716) 753-6389, email: laffnlyonranch@gmail.com, web: www.laffnlyonranch.com July 11-12, 2026 Fort Ransom Sodbuster Days, Fort Ransom, ND, Pioneer farming show demonstrating farming methods and lifestyles of the 1900s: Lori Steedsman, phone: (701) 799-7373, email: nd.horseman@gmail.com, web: www.fortransomsodbusters.com July 17, 2026 Farm Team Show sponsored by the Iowa Draft Horse and and Mule Association, Rodeo Arena, Leon, IA, phone: Tie Campbell (712) 438-1441, web: Antique Steam and Gas Engine Show, Boonville, IN: Tim Forston, Adam Hanger, phone: (812) 897-0849, web: https://www.facebook.com/share/17BxcVfJPS/? mibextid=wwXIfr July 24-26, 2026 Laff N Lyon Ranch Just the Basics Driving Clinic, Sherman, NY: 3-day Harness, hitch and driving clinic, contact Melissa Lyon, phone: (716) 753-6389, email: laffnlyonranch@gmail.com, web: www.laffnlyonranch.com July 25-26, 2026 Brown Farm Pioneer Days, Central City, IA: Gary Greif, phone: (319) 350-5989, email: Brown.Farm.eNews@ gmail.com, web: brownfarmpioneerdays.com, Featuring International Harvester, Horse-drawn demonstrations, Steam engine powered working saw mill, buck skinner camp, flea market, threshing, Parade of Power and more iowadrafthorse.com July 24-26, 2026

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