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Stephenville Dairy Festival

The first Dairy Festival I actually checked out in Texas was the Stephenville Dairy Festival. Stephenville is known as the Cowboy Capital of Texas, low and behold I was amazed when I actually learned they had dairy farms too! (My kind of place!)

Stephenville is a little over an hour south of Fort Worth, home to Tarleton State University. This is also where Ty Murray and Jewel call home. As with the Dairy Festival in Sulphur Springs, the Dairy Festivals here are small.

Getting there is half the fun. You get to enjoy the Texas Hill Country! My Favorite!

I would love land of my own!

I would love my own barn!

When we arrived, it was a smaller festival than expected. There were livestock, kids petting area, ice cream, and a covered area with crafts and booths. If I remember correctly, there was even live music!

Strays….

It’s a dairy festival! Of course there was holsteins!

This guy was up for raffle. I wanted him. I have no idea where I would put him but I wanted him. Maybe someday on my ranch I’ll have a few.

The event was held at one of the local parks. Admission was free and is great for families.

Things I Love About Texas – Beer Barns

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Beer Barns

They are fantastic.

You don’t have to get out of your car to get into the hot Texas heat.

Then walk inside to the freezing cooler aisle.

Step 1: Drive in.

Step 2: Tell them what you want.

They hand it to you, you don’t even have to get out!

Step 3: Pay for it (important)

Step 4: Drive on out!

If this was back home in Franklin County, it would be a dangerous thing.

The greatest part – they had this:

Beer Barns – One of the greatest things since sliced bread!

June Dairy Days – Sulphur Springs, TX

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Back in Franklin County, VT, June Dairy Day is a big deal. Frankin County is filled with nothing but dairy farms really. Growing up, June Dairy Day weekend was almost like a holiday, there was a parade, rides, a pageant, tons of events. Here in Texas, I’ve realized that they have cows for meat, not so much milk but I was still curious to search around and see if there were any festivities that I could attend and of course compare. Smiles!

Last June, I found Dairy Days in Sulphur Springs out in East Texas. I realized that this Dairy Festival was not as big as the one back home but it did it’s job.

They each had a parade. (I missed the one in Sulphur Springs.)

Sulphur Springs not only has a Dairy Museum but giant cows (+1 Sulphur Springs).

You have to have old cars…. in Sulphur Springs it was specifically Corvettes. Can’t say I’m a huge fan but this one was nice to look at.

Like the festivities back home, there is a pageant, however when I was in the pageant, we did not have to milk cows like these Southern ladies did.

Obviously, these were not the ladies in the pageant.

Something that I liked about Sulphur Springs was that everything was held right outside the arena. Inside, you could escape the heat, use an actual bathroom and watch some horse competition.

There was also a Dairy Queen right down the street that was pretty convenient.

Although, this was not nearly as big as the festival back home it was nice attending an event which reminded me of Vermont. It’s nice taking part in something that celebrates dairy farmers, something that is part of my family history as well as many others.

The Dairy Days is going on all this week out in Sulphur Springs – check it out if you are curious.