What’s Hot?
• Old Cimarron Days Festival, Sept. 1-2, this year celebrating the 150th anniversary of this old Western town! Don’t miss special events to commemorate this historic event.
• Cimarron Mule Days: Three days packed full of cowboy fun for the whole family, June 8-10. Events range from a greased pig catch for the kids, to cowboy mounted shooting competitions, a barn dance, a cowboy church service, followed by the Santa Fe Wagon Train/Trail Ride with lunch. Events begin 8 p.m., Friday, at Cimarron’s Maverick Grounds. Call the Buffalo Nickel Gallery, 376-2080.
• Shortgrass Music Festival: For its third season, this three-day event features a diverse group of musicians in a variety of venues. Thursday, June 21, 7 p.m.: Friday, June 22, 7 p.m.: Saturday, June 23, 8 p.m. Colfax Tavern. Info, 376-9040.
• The 83rd Maverick Club Parade and Rodeo: The longest running open rodeo in the west, the Maverick Club Parade and Rodeo on Wednesday, July 4, Rodeo evening dances scheduled at Maverick Rodeo Grounds, July 2 & 3. 376-2417.
Party Time...
• Colfax Tavern: A wayside watering hole, U.S. 64 on the
way to Raton in the now-vanished townsite of Colfax
• St. James Hotel: Where outlaws drank, 17 & Collinson, Cimarron
What’s New?
• Philmont Scout Ranch: Every year, as more than 22,000 Boy Scouts flock to Philmont for a week in the great outdoors, the typical 800-person Village of Cimarron fills itself to the max. From 1938 to 1941, Oklahoma oilman Waite Phillips donated 127,395 acres of ranchland to the Boy Scouts of America. Since that time, close to 800,000 scouts, explorers and their leaders have ventured to Philmont, “where the Rockies meet the Plains.” 376-2281.
• Historic Old Town Walking Tour of Cimarron: Visit 14 sites of interest, including the old stone jail and the old town plaza. Maps and information available at the Chamber Visitor Center. 376-2417.
• Take a shopping tour: Cimarron has a thriving shopping district one block north of the Visitor Center.
Event Highlights
• Spring Art Walk, May 25-27. Browse through the galleries and buy some art. 376-2417.
• Cimarron Mule Days, June 8-10.
• Maverick Rodeo Roping & Dance,
July 1-2.
• Old Cimarron Days Festival, Sept. 1-2. Celebrate Cimarron’s 150th anniversary with vendors, music, games, raffle and food booths!
JoAnn Martinez
“We moved here to be close to family and for the mountains. It’s beautiful, it’s quiet, it’s comfortable, there’s not a lot of commercialization or traffic and the school district is great. We love horseback riding, camping, hunting and fishing — especially at Valle Vidal.” In conversation with Cathy Lexa
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