2022 Valley County Fair and Rodeo
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The 2024 Fair Book is here! Download your copy here: https://www.co.valley.id.us/departments/UofI/Fair
You can also access Open Exhibit entry forms, Vendor applications, and Rodeo Queen applications here. The countdown to August 7th is on!
Please join us for a candlelight vigil on Friday April 26th, at 9:00 pm to honor and remember Ada County Sheriff's Office, Deputy Tobin Bolter, who tragically lost his life in the line of duty; and to pray for the swift recovery of Deputy Dallas Denney who was also injured in the line of duty.
We will have some battery operated blue light candles to share, you are encouraged to bring your own as well.
If you are looking for ways to donate to the Bolter and Denney Family, here are some upcoming events:
Garden City Disciples Coffee House is having a donation event on Saturday, April 27, from 8 am to 2 PM.
Locking Horns, Riverside Restaurant in Horseshoe Bend is doing 10 percent of meal tabs going to the family from April 26th to April 28th.
Donations for either deputy can be processed through the Ada County Sheriff Employee Association.
Direct deposit donations can be made to Idaho Central Credit union Routing number 324173626 Account number 737631173
You can Venmo donations to
Let's come together as a community in hopes of providing comfort and strength to those that continue to serve and protect our community.
Mark your calenders and save the last weekend in June to join us for our 20th Rodeo Anniversary 🎉🤠☀️🇺🇸
Two fun-filled days full of rodeo action, great food, cold drinks, kids events, and a rockin' Saturday night afterparty in the arena! 🌠💃🏼🕺🏻🎶
There is plenty of camping 🏕, hotels in town, and so much to do up here during the day before the rodeo!
So please be sure to join us this June to celebrate the Gold Dust Rodeo and watch 'em Ride for the Gold! 🤠
Join us for the 78th Nyssa Nite Rodeo. We have a great line up this year! Click on poster to enlarge for full information.
Two very special people who I had the chance to meet a long time ago. Make sure to attend the Riggins Rodeo
***2024 RIGGINS RODEO GRAND MARSHALS***
Larry and Sue Ellen Smith
The Salmon River runs through Larry and Sue Ellen Smith like blood through their veins. This year’s Grand Marshalls of the Riggins Rodeo have history with the event and the steep country surrounding it that goes back generations. Keeping that tradition strong has been top priority for Larry, Sue Ellen, and their entire family. Larry’s family has been in the Riggins area since 1862 when they settled on John Day Creek. After a short stint away, his parents moved back in 1956, and he spent the rest of his formative years in Riggins, with ranching, riding colts, and the Riggins Rodeo as important parts of his life. His dad, his brother, and he started riding colts in the Riggins Rodeo arena, and at the age of 13, Larry won his first check there. Sue Ellen began attending the Riggins Rodeo in the 60’s when her dad, Herb, began competing in the calf roping and wild cow milking. By 1968, her passion for the community and the rodeo had taken root, and she ran for Queen that year. She had lost her hat during the contest, and a kind young gentleman named Larry retrieved it for her. That spark did not turn into a flame, however, until they met later at the Queen’s Dance. Even then, however, the fire took a bit to light in that Larry excused himself from Sue Ellen midway through their first dance, leaving her alone on the dance floor. When he returned, Larry was apologetic about his departure, explaining he had had to go help his brother, who had gotten into a fight outside. From then on, Larry and Sue Ellen were a duo, marrying in 1973. Their early years of marriage were spent in Denver where Sue Ellen worked for the airlines and Larry rode colts, drove truck, and built saddles, a skill he had learned while in Riggins, working under Jerry Clay. That saddle making trade has served the Smiths well, with Larry crafting utilitarian works of art now for 53 years. After having spent time building saddles at Hamley’s, Severe Brothers, Wood’s Western World, and now managing the saddle shop at Hamley’s, Larry has spent a lot of time at the bench as one of the west’s finest saddle makers. Once their son Bob came onto the scene, Sue Ellen quit flying for a while, ultimately allowing the Smith family to move to White Bird where they worked for Rich Anderson for five years. After that, the family moved back to Riggins where they raised Bob, Stacy and Keri and built saddles until they moved to Pendleton in 1992.Every step of the way, however, the family was very involved in the Riggins Rodeo. The kids have all won or placed at Riggins. Larry and brother Claude won the team roping one year, and he and Sue Ellen’s brother placed, as well. Larry judged the rodeo for years; Sue Ellen still times it. Although they say they are not old enough to be Grand Marshalls of the Riggins Rodeo, they are honored with the title. Larry and Sue Ellen were inducted into the Idaho Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2017 for their years of commitment to rodeo and the cowboy way of life in Idaho. When Larry retired from judging, both the Pro West Rodeo Association and the Idaho Cowboys Association honored him with a buckle recognizing his service. Over the past 51 years, they have built a family of three children,
ten grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. They have served on the board of the Riggins Rodeo, Larry as President, Sue Ellen as Queen chairperson. Their involvement even extends to helping with Rodeo Bible Camps in the area, including Cambridge and Council, moving on to Filer, Union, and Pendleton, as well. Although they’ve spent a lot of the years traveling the Northwest, the Salmon River country will always be home for them.
That time of year, plans are underway. Reach out to Samantha Crossley for info. 🤠 please share to get the word out for us! TIA
Here is some information that was just past to me concerning the Valley County Rodeo in August. This page is no longer the rodeo's page, but I will still post when I know of the information. For the Fair and Rodeo, you need to go to the County website and go to the fair and rodeo page. Thanks to everyone for your support over the years on this page.
The Jr Rodeo will be on Thurs the 8th. The reg. rodeo will be Friday and Sat. 9th and 10th.
You can refer the vendors to me:
Linda Stradley 208-467-1672
[email protected],
The 34th annual Meridian Lions Rodeo is only a short 15 days away!!! Join us for an evening of rodeo in the heart of Meridian!
🎟️ Tickets are now available online at our FB page or on our website at meridianlionsrodeo.org or get them at the gate!
🎟️ Tickets can be purchased at your local D & B Supply or spend $$$ on wrangler products and receive free tickets!
📸 Thomas C. Duncan Photography
Cascade, ID
83611
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