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Photos: La Plata County Fair in full swing Thursday

Jerry McBride

Herald Photo Editor

Friday, Aug 8, 2025 12:26 AM

Updated Friday, Aug 8, 2025 11:45 PM

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Turkeys in their pen on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Turkeys in their pen on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
Judy Case, right, from Pueblo, judges quilts on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Judy Case, right, from Pueblo, judges quilts on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
Crochet bike wheels on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Crochet bike wheels on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
Goats get groomed on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Goats get groomed on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
Mackenzie Swanemyr, 16, blow-dries Pope an Angus steer that the she will show in the market steers class on Friday at the La Plata County Fair. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Mackenzie Swanemyr, 16, blow-dries Pope an Angus steer that the she will show in the market steers class on Friday at the La Plata County Fair. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
Cathy Seibel, superintendent of preserved food and beer and wine, arranges dried herbs after judging on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Cathy Seibel, superintendent of preserved food and beer and wine, arranges dried herbs after judging on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
Crochet bike wheels on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Crochet bike wheels on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
Dandelion jelly is awarded the reserve champion ribbon on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Dandelion jelly is awarded the reserve champion ribbon on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
A beaded cat with ribbons on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
A beaded cat with ribbons on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
Contestants with their chickens on Thursday wait to go in front of a judge at the La Plata County Fair at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Contestants with their chickens on Thursday wait to go in front of a judge at the La Plata County Fair at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
Everly Van Houten, 11, shows her barnyard mix chicken to judge Lacy Greer, from St. Johns, Ariz., while competing in the showmanship class on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Everly Van Houten, 11, shows her barnyard mix chicken to judge Lacy Greer, from St. Johns, Ariz., while competing in the showmanship class on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
Jerrin Roukema is all smiles after her photo “The Buck Stops Here” won a second place ribbon in the humor photography class on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Jerrin Roukema is all smiles after her photo “The Buck Stops Here” won a second place ribbon in the humor photography class on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
Contestants with their chickens on Thursday wait to go in front of a judge at the La Plata County Fair at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Contestants with their chickens on Thursday wait to go in front of a judge at the La Plata County Fair at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
Strawberry jalapeño jam received a grand champion ribbon on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Strawberry jalapeño jam received a grand champion ribbon on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
Glass work with ribbons on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Glass work with ribbons on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
A clay monster on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
A clay monster on Thursday at the La Plata County Fair in the Exhibit Hall at the fairgrounds. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride

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