If you haven't experienced this before, make your plans to join us in friendly Hyattville for our 22nd Annual Cowboy Carnival on Sunday, May 24th, 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 for the 2026 Hyattville Community Center Cowboy Carnival
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 for the 2026 Hyattville Community Center Cowboy Carnival
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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 Displays are Area Fish Hatcheries, Heritage Cooking, and Harry Deveraux"s Miniature Hyattville Houses he has created.. 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 21st 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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10:00 am
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Levi Klemm of 9K Ranch Horses presents "From the Ground Up Colt Starting." How to work your own colts from a yearling to a three year old or prepare them for a trainer. He will be working with horses from colts to three year olds.
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11:00 am
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New this year at 11:00 outside the building will be a Corn Hole Tournament will be held outside the building in front of the Fire Hall. Ranchlands and Refuge have organized this event for the Carnival.
Also back by a renewed, popular demand, Kyle and Jessica Tharp will host a cribbage tournament in the cafeteria. They ask that you bring your own boards and any extras you have. 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 Back by popular demand this year is Kate Richardson's "Outdoor Cooking on the Trail" outside the main building. 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. |
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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 "Quinlan Valdez" of Casper. Quinlan l is a talented musician playing his banjo and guitar. He also composes , records songs and performs his music throughout WY, on PBS radio, and in MT, SD, NE multi-state playing his guitar and banjo. A Wyoming product having been born, raised, and living in Casper
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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. We are planning on additional table and chair seating under a tent for our senior citizens on the lawn outside thee entrance to the Quilt Show. Picnic tables will be placed throughout the area of the playground. This is also the perfect time to enjoy live music by this year's entertainment, "Quinlan Valdez" of Casper. 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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Todd Jones "Getting Prepared for your Packhorse Adventure", a well known hunting and fishing outfitter and instructor of this course at Casper college, presents a hands on "Packing Demonstration that includes learning to tie a few basic knots, selecting your gear, and section of an animal. There will be an opportunity to ask questions.
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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.