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8 Porch Notes tagged “festivals,” from counties across Colorado.

History and culture - Otero County

Rocky Ford melons and a fair that has run since 1878

Rocky Ford's cantaloupes and watermelons anchor the Arkansas Valley Fair, the oldest continuous fair in Colorado, whose mid-August Watermelon Day hands out free melons to everyone who comes.

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History and culture - San Miguel County

Telluride runs on festivals, and Bluegrass weekend is the heart of it

Telluride's summer calendar is built around festivals, from Bluegrass in Town Park each June to the Film Festival's secret program on Labor Day weekend.

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History and culture - Weld County

The Greeley Stampede grew from a 1922 rodeo for potato farmers

Weld County's marquee summer event traces back to a one-day 1922 'Spud Rodeo' honoring potato growers and now runs nearly two weeks around the Fourth of July.

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History and culture - Morgan County

The Brush Rodeo: a Fourth of July tradition on the plains

The City of Brush lists the Brush Rodeo as a July 2-4 community event with rodeo events, a parade, barbecue, and fireworks.

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History and culture - Yuma County

Old Threshers Day in Yuma: a harvest run on steam

Each year the weekend following Labor Day, Yuma fires up antique steam engines and threshing machines and works real wheat the old way, twice a day.

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History and culture - Mineral County

Taste of Creede: a painter's festival that turned a mountain town into an arts hub

A festival started by a watercolorist more than 35 years ago fills Creede's Main Street with working artists, a Silver Chef cook-off, and a one-hour Quick Draw each Memorial Day weekend.

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History and culture - Delta County

Cedaredge keeps Surface Creek's apple story alive

Cedaredge's Pioneer Town Museum and its first-weekend-of-October Applefest carry forward the orchard heritage of the Surface Creek Valley beneath the Grand Mesa.

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History and culture - Logan County

Sugar Beet Days and the county fair are the two days Logan County all shows up

Logan County's two big yearly gatherings are Sugar Beet Days on Sterling's courthouse square each September and the Logan County Fair and Rodeo at the fairgrounds each summer.

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