HISTORY ENCAMPMENTS
History Encampment in Hico City Park open to school children and accompanying adults ONLY on Friday. Encampments will be open for everyone on Saturday.
• Pioneer Families
• Native American camps
• Military camps
• Battlefield medical tent
• Teddy Roosevelt camp
• Wells Fargo display
HISTORIC SKITS
Historic Skits will take place both days at random times during the festival. Announcements will be made a few minutes before they take place:
• Judge Roy Bean setting up court at jail site
• Gun fight breaks out in Jersey Lilly’s. Deputy US Marshall Bass Reeves arrests and takes the guilty before Judge Roy Bean. They are incarcerated in old Rico Jail.
• Saloon Girls skit has drunken cowboy beat up on saloon girl, the rest of girls join up and go after cowboy chasing him down the street.
• Pancho Villa takes over city hall while holding mayor there. Posse comes to the rescue.
CONTESTS
Some examples to build your costume around: Wyatt Earp, Belle Star, Billy the Kid, “Brushy Bill” Roberts, Pat Garrett, Wild Bill Hickok, Pancho Villa.
• Best Mustache at 3:30 pm Saturday, April 17
• Best Men’s & Women’s Costumes at 4:30 pm Saturday, April 17
• Best Old West Impersonator at 5:30 pm Saturday, April 17.
PERSONALITIES
Many famous, accomplished, and award-winning artists, performers, and celebrities will be attending and presenting at the festival. Some of the people you may be familiar with will include:
• Buck Taylor - Actor, painter, son of famous Hollywood actor Dub Taylor
• Christopher Mitchum - Actor, producer, and son of Robert Mitchum
• Cindy Mitchum - Actor, niece of Robert Mitchum and daughter of John Mitchum
• Dean Smith — Famous Hollywood stuntman
• Charles “Smokey” Culver — Award-winning Cowboy poet
• Martin and Murray — Western Singer-songwriters
• Brunson and Young - Folk and Traditional Singers
• Fletcher Jowers - Singer songwriter of Western and Gospel music
• Rowdy Chatham — Horseman, wrangler, poet
VENDORS and FOOD
Food and craft vendors will be open all day both days.
• Old fashioned Chuck Wagon cooking
• Old fashioned Cowboy Stew from trailer
• Art & Craft vendor selling Western-themed products.
Will be on south side of Pecan St. No more than 20 vendors. No vendor set up in front of open stores.
Vendor applications can be downloaded with this link. You may also get one by calling Sue Land at 254-796-2523, at Billy the Kid Museum.