All Heritage Hall activities are included within General Admission ticket.
Heritage Hall is located inside the climate controlled Exhibition Hall, inside the Fair gates.
CONTESTS ON THE FARMHOUSE PORCH
ALL CONTESTS ARE FREE AND EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE!
Friday July 26
· 12:30 p.m. Stick Horse Races
· 1 p.m. Longest Potato Peel Contest
· 3 p.m. Stick Horse Races
Saturday July 27
· 1 p.m. Longest Potato Peel Contest
· 2 p.m. Fastest Fingers in the West Knitting and Crochet Contest
· 3 p.m. Adult Team Jigsaw Puzzle Contest
· 3:30 p.m. Stick Horse Races
Sunday July 28
· 1 p.m. Longest Potato Peel Contest
· 2 p.m. Fastest Fingers in the West Knitting and Crochet Contest
· 4 p.m. Youth Team Jigsaw Puzzle Contest
· 4:30 p.m. Stick Horse Races
Continuous activities: Youth scavenger hunt, covered wagon, restored 1940’s pick-up truck, old time checkers games, corn grinding, Fit as a Farmer, saddle up, rope a steer, old time laundry, test your poultry prowess, find the antique, gather eggs, 17 Mile House agricultural trivia, Fit as a Feline, agricultural and historical displays
Community Partners’ Special Experiences:
- Sew a quilt block for a veteran: Smoky Hill Quilters
- Speed piecing for quilters: Diane Henderson
- Wildlife of the Wild West: Aurora Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces
- Life on the Plains pre-European contact: Plains Conservation Center/Denver Botanic Gardens
- Meet the alpacas: LaZyB Acres Alpacas
- Beekeeping: Colorado Eastern Beekeepers
- Dinosaur crafts: Dinosaur Ridge
- Emergency Preparedness for Companion Animals: Arapahoe County Animal Services
- Ag in Motion: Colorado Farm Bureau
- Spinner Cow trivia: Colorado Beef Council
- Agritourism: 1-70 Corridor Chamber of Commerce
- Colorado Gardening: Tagawa Gardens
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Ask a gardener: CSU Master Gardeners
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Fly High: Wings Over the Rockies
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Model Railroad display: SLICK-X Model RR
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Backyard bass fishing: Cherry Creek State Park
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Beef information: Mile-High Cattlewomen
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Spinning demonstration: Margaret Charlton
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Weaving, spinning, knitting, and yarn activity: Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild
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Old fashioned fun: 17 Mile House
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Riparian Water Table: West Arapahoe Conservation District
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Bee knowledge: 17 Mile House beekeeper