HorseThief Festival

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2016 Schedule ---------------------------

Friday June 10th

5:00pm Gates open

7:00pm Friends of HorseThief Bonfire and Hotdog Feed – Arena area

8:00pm Music Starts – Arena area
Sarah Dunn Band
Tanner Dirks Band
Zane WIlliams

Saturday June 11th

7:00am Jetmore United Methodist Mens Free Will Biscuit and Gravy Breakfast – Arena area
7:00am Dam Near 5K registration opens – North end of Dam

8:00am Race meeting, race immediately follows – North end of Dam

7:00 am – 2 pm Fishing Tournament – Boat ramps

10:00am Mud Volleyball tournament begins – Mud pits

10:00am Friends of HorseThief Sand Castle Building Contest – Beach Area

Noon Decorate your Wagon campsite judging begins – Campground

3:30 Fishing Tournament winners announced – Arena Stage

3:30pm Friends of HorseThief Warrior Obstacle Course Check in
4:00pm Warrior Obstacle Course begins - Reservoir Office

7:00pm Decorate your wagon winner announced – Main Stage

8:00pm Music Starts – Main Stage
The Banned
Blue Water Highway Band
Jon Wolfe

1:00am HorseThief the Festival 2016 closes

Sunday June 12th

Sunrise-Sunset Free Family Fun Day!
Swim, fish, boat, enjoy all that HorseThief has to offer!

Schedule subject to change day of event. For schedule and weather updates check Horsthief The Festival on Facebook

Address : HorseThief Reservoir, 19005 SW 156 Highway Ness City KS
Phone : 620-357-8831 (Always call and confirm events.)

Web:

horsethiefthefestival.com/

Outdoor Recreation

Recreational facilities include a modern municipal swimming pool, hard-surfaced tennis courts, city park playgrounds, theatre, the Cedar Bluff reservoir recreational area on K-147 highway only 27 miles northeast. Good fishing is provided from the waters of the Cedar Bluff reservoir, Goodman Lake (

Ness City, KS Recreation

Ness County Historical Museum

The Historical Museum is housed in the old Beardslee Brothers General Store which originally was a building owned by Ross Calhoun, the father of Ness City. When a fire destroyed the building in 1899, the present building was built with supplies from the razed Calhoun House and sugar mill.

Ness City, KS Museums

Ness County Veterans Memorial Park

This memorial honors Ness County Veterans, with a special remembrance to those who made the ultimate sacrifice when answering their country'

Ness City, KS Memorials

George Washington Carver Memorial Marker

Granite Marker at the Carver Homestead

One of Beeler's most famous pioneer settlers was George Washington Carver, who journeyed by wagon from Highland, Kansas to Eden Township in Ness Countv with J.F. Beeler.

In August 1886, Carver established a claim on the SE ¾ of 4-19- 26

Ness City, KS Memorials

Ness City's First Schoolhouse

The pioneer Pembleton family purchased the Old Echo Print Shop, a small native stone building built in 1882

Ness City, KS Historic Schoolhouses

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