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)

All Day - 10th Annual Rob Brown Memorial Softball Tournament (Mens), (Shumway Fields)

7:30 a.m. - Rotary Colter Run, 2-mile, 5k, 10k (CSC Nelson Physical Activity Center) must register online by 10 p.m. July 8, or in-person from 6:30-7:29 a.m. July 9

8 a.m. - Register for Classics in the Park car show (Wilson Park)

9 a.m. - 3 p.m.: Traders' Market Opens (Dawes County Courthouse Lawn)

9:15 - 9:40 a.m.: Parade of Historic Fur Trade Flags (400 Block of Main Street)

9:45 - 10 a.m.: Parade of Puppies (400 Block of Main Street)

10 a.m. - 47th Annual Lion's Club Parade (10th & Main to First & Main streets)

11 a.m. - The String Beans, family friendly music (Dawes County Courthouse Gazebo)

11 a.m. - Chadron Chamber of Commerce Ambassador's BBQ (Dawes County Courthouse Lawn)

11 a.m. - Ice Cream Social - First Congregational Church of Chadron (4th Street and Chadron Avenue)

11 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Classics in the Park Show and Shine - awards presented at 3 p.m. (Wilson Park)

1 p.m. - Rotary World Championship Buffalo Chip Throw (400 Block of Main Street)

1 - 5 p.m.: Inflatables (Dawes County Courthouse Lawn)

3 p.m. - Bump & Run (Dawes County Fairgrounds)

3 p.m. - Meet & Greet with Anna Henkens Schmidt & Donald Osborn, authors of "Where We Land." (Chadron Public Library)

3 p.m. - Classics in the Park, Awards Presentation (Wilson Park)

3 - 7 p.m.: CSC Spirit presents Cornhole Tournament (Downtown Plaza, Second & Main streets)

4 p.m. - Historical Cemetery Tour (Greenwood Cemetery, 1588 US Highway 20, $10 admittance, under age 15 free!)

6 p.m. - Midnight - Mac's Carnival (East Second & Bordeaux streets)

7 p.m. - Historical Cemetery Tour (Greenwood Cemetery, 1588 US Highway 20, $10 admittance, under age 15 free!)

9 p.m. - 1 a.m.: Live Entertainment, Jessica Loobey (Downtown, Second Street & Chadron Avenue)