Fur Trade Days
A historic celebration of buckskinners, traders and Native Americans, Fur Trade Days offers fun for the entire family. Toss a buffalo chip, compete in the Colter Run, enjoy live music and carnival rides!
Schedule of Events
All Day - Buckskinners primitive camp, open to visitors (3 Miles East, 8 miles south from Museum of the Fur Trade)
10:00 a.m. - Noon - Nerf War (Dawes County Courthouse Lawn)
Noon - 7 p.m.: Traders' Market (Dawes County Courthouse)
12:30 p.m. - Black Hills Raptor Center (Dawes County Courthouse Lawn)
1-3 p.m.: Meet & Greet with Anna Henkens Schmidt & Donald Osborn, authors of "Where We Land." (Bean Broker Coffee House & Pub)
1 - 5 p.m.: Inflatables! (Dawes County Courthouse Lawn)
2-3:30 p.m.: Marble Round Up (Chadron Public Library)
2-6 p.m.: Nerf War (Dawes County Courthouse Lawn)
5-7 p.m.: Classics in the Park Cruise. If it runs, bring it! (FNBO Parking lot at 315 W 3rd St.)
6-8 p.m.: Pete Butler (Dawes County Courthouse)
6 p.m. - Midnight - Mac's Carnival (East Second & Bordeaux streets)
6 - 8 p.m.: Pete Buter (Dawes County Courthouse Gazebo, Fourth and Main streets)
9 p.m.-1 a.m.: Live Entertainment, Eight Second Ride (Downtown, Second Street & Chadron Avenue)
10 p.m. - Fireworks! Great views from the downtown street dance, East First Street (between Main & Cedar streets), the Carnival (100-200 block of Bordeaux Street), or Roger Eaton Soccer fields (Main Street & Norfolk Ave).
