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Wild West Frontier Fest

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Jul 25 2008 - 12:00am - Jul 27 2008 - 12:00am

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This brand-new family festival celebrates Minnesota circa 1883. There will be live period entertainment, cowboy poetry, riverboat rides, a medicine show, an author’s corner, sporting events, delicious food, silent movies (Westerns!), dinner theater featuring WCCO’s Don Shelby as Mark Twain, crafts for sale, pony rides, historical displays, special musical guests (including headliner Riders in the Sky on Saturday night), outdoor films and dusk and fireworks on the final night. More information can be found at www.wildwestfrontierfest.com.

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