If you haven't experienced this before, make your plans to join us in friendly Hyattville for our 21st Annual Cowboy Carnival on Sunday, May 25th, during Memorial Day Weekend – fun for the whole family, entertainment, and a home-cooked BBQ Lunch! Funds raised from this event support our operating and maintenance expenses for the following calendar year. Our Main Gate opens at 8:30 and admission is $15 for adults, $5 for kids 12 and under, or $35 for one immediate family. Cowboy Carnival guests receive 1 raffle ticket with with paid admission. Family admission will receive 3 tickets. Additional tickets will be on sale during the event for $1 each or 12 for $10. Raffle prizes include: 1) Meat 2) Shoot, Dinner and Drinks for 8 at Twisted Tippet Ranch in Hyattville, and 3) Yeti Cooler.
Medicine Lodge Archaeological State Park will be there with the information about their state park and other Wyoming state parks. They will also be selling the water and Pepsi products for your enjoyment. Melissa Cook, from the U of WY Extension Office will be here and invites those of you that can to bring your pressure cooker gauges to be tested, ask questions, and take a flyer of the various activities being offered in Big Horn County and our surrounding area through the Basin U of WY extension office.
Take a look at our events from last year and watch for the 2025 updates :
Medicine Lodge Archaeological State Park will be there with the information about their state park and other Wyoming state parks. They will also be selling the water and Pepsi products for your enjoyment. Melissa Cook, from the U of WY Extension Office will be here and invites those of you that can to bring your pressure cooker gauges to be tested, ask questions, and take a flyer of the various activities being offered in Big Horn County and our surrounding area through the Basin U of WY extension office.
Take a look at our events from last year and watch for the 2025 updates :
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All Day!
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Kids’ events span the day throughout the activity areas. These change from year to year but this is how we make sure to put the "Family" into Whole Family fun! Read more about the Kids Events
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9 am
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This year we're opening in-person 5K and Kids K Registration at 9 am. Registration is required and can also be done online for an additional fee . Awards will be granted for the first place men's and women's finishers. The 5k Run/Walk starts at 10, and the Kids K race starts at 11.
Read more about the 5K Run-Walk |
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10 am
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Kicking off at 10 at the Community Center Building are the Quilt Show, Vendor Tables, Book Store, Plant Sales and the start of the 5K Run/Walk . Featured this year in the History Display, are the Sawmills and Hunting Camps of the Area Beef Trails and Kate Richardson's "Cooking on the Trail." Our Military Museum will be open for viewing. Dozens of handmade quilts from all over the Big Horn Basin will be on display in the main building at the 20th Annual Quilt Show. These works of art are treasures to see! Anyone interested in entering a quilt can drop it off at a designated location one week before the carnival, where they will be returned afterward.
Read more about the Quilt Show and 5K Run/Walk The Sharpshooter Contest begins at 10:00 at the old air strip on the south side of town on the gravel road that heads to Ten Sleep. It will be marked and obvious. Bring your own gun(s); some events have entry fees. This event has really exploded in popularity and become a popular event for participants and spectators.! Read more about the Shooting Contest Various Kids Activities will be set up down by the original swing area, and the original existing swing set and merry-go-round. There will be a sand box and toys, picture silhouettes, and games as well as the Carl Jones Petting Zoo on top by the fence. At 2:00 , is the ever popular BB Gun Shoot inside the closed area by the Fire Hall. |
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10:30 am
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Cherokee Jackson of Worland, and will present an expanded horse demonstration, "Selecting, Training, Grooming, and Showing your Horse." She will express tips for selecting a show horse, feeding, grooming and training and your showing your horse. Cherokee has been the Horse Project Leader for the Washakie County 4-HClub. She encourages your questions.
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11 am
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Join us at 11:00 in the Beef Cattle History Room for " Cooking on the Trail" with Kate Richardson. She has packed in camp food to interesting places and under interesting situations. She will share her cooking and packing experiences and, hopefully, some food samples and recipes.
Also, at 11:00, the Kids K Race begins at the HCC grounds and moves through town. Registration for this is either online or at 9 am. If you don't think you can make it to Hyattville by 9, but wish to register any Kids K participants, the best way to do that is online to book your spot. Read more about the Kids K Run-Walk |
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12 Noon
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American National Bank will again sponsor our live noon musical entertainment. This year's entertainment welcomes and features the "Will Berg Family. " Will is a talented musician, rancher, farmer, and artist from Lander who formerly lived in the Shoshoni area. His family performs with him and are skilled musicians in the art of playing the fiddle. Their music is enjoyed throughout Fremont County.
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12:30 - 2:00
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Lunch is served at 12:30 and includes beef, lamb, pork, and a selection of side dishes that always includes corn on the cob. This is also the perfect time to enjoy live music by this year's entertainment, the "Will Berg Family." After lunch, take time for a serving of those wonderful, homemade pies from the kitchens around Hyattville and topped off with ice cream in the cafeteria.
While you are there in the cafeteria, view the items that will be offered in the Live Auction. Read more about the Live Auction. |
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1:00 pm
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The Chauncey McMillan Memorial Dog Trials Jackpot Competition is slated to begin next to the main grounds and always draws a large crowd. This year Lisa Keele and Alison Gerrad of Kaycee will introduce the "Jackpot" style of running the sheep dog trials that they use east of the mountain. The course will be the same as last year. Competitors bring dogs from across Wyoming and Montana. The two classes of dogs, competitive and ranch dogs, will be run together in one show with the dogs scores recorded according to their entry division. Entry fees are $50 per dog, and only dogs entered in the competition will be allowed on the grounds with a leash.
Read more about the Working Dog Trials. |
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2:00 pm
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The Kid's BB Gun Shoot begins at 2:00 in the enclosed area by the Fire Hall.
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3:00 pm
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Live Auction and Raffle Drawings featured items and prizes from the whole region. Here some of the auction items for this year. We invite you to return to our site for updates of items to be auctioned.
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Thank you Dilyn Gregory for the 2023 Cowboy Carnival photos used in this 2024 Cowboy Carnival Presentation and Kristi Robison for assistance in upgrading the website.
For more information about our 20th Annual Cowboy Carnival, please visit our Facebook Page, Hyattville Community Center. We post regular updates on Cowboy Carnival events and auction items there.
For more information about our 20th Annual Cowboy Carnival, please visit our Facebook Page, Hyattville Community Center. We post regular updates on Cowboy Carnival events and auction items there.