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PHOTOS: Rifle celebrates tradition at Garfield County Fair and Rodeo parade

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Katherine Tomanek

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A lone carriage driver and a horse just his size with first place ribbons attached to the decorated carriage as they ride down Railroad Avenue in Rifle on Saturday morning during the parade kicking off the Garfield County Fair and Rodeo.
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The Garfield County Fair and Rodeo is underway this week, featuring two rodeo events Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Saturday’s parade included fair and rodeo participants as well as out-of-town guests, with costumes and floats celebrating Rifle’s history and the longstanding tradition of the fair.

As a French bulldog and his owner ride down Railroad Avenue in Rifle for the Garfield County Fair and Rodeo parade on Saturday morning, one question comes to mind – who’s driving?
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This little girl was shy handing out candy to the attendees on the fringes of Railroad Avenue in Rifle during the Garfield County Fair and Rodeo parade.
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The Anvil Points Quilting Guild quilted a masterpiece for the Garfield County Libraries, which was held up during the march down Railroad Avenue in Rifle for the Garfield County Fair and Rodeo parade on Saturday morning.
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The Zoppé Family Italian Circus was visiting Parachute for some performances over the weekend and ended up in the Garfield County Fair and Rodeo parade in Rifle, performing down Railroad Avenue on Saturday morning, the circus clown greeting people in the roads.
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This isn’t right – why is a prisoner handing out candy to children? He should be stealing it! The people of Rifle were in costumes and on decorated floats to honor the bounty of the people for the Garfield County Fair and Rodeo on Saturday morning’s parade.
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An old granny in a mining camp float, where she was working a bubble machine out of her sticks of dynamite and lantern, showing a part of Rifle’s past as she went by with the parade for Garfield County’s Fair and Rodeo on Saturday morning in Rifle.
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It was hot outside on Saturday morning for the parade down Railroad Avenue for the Garfield County Fair and Rodeo. This little girl looked comfortable with sunglasses, a popsicle, and her stuffed animals by her side.
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This beagle was far more interested in the candy that children were holding, despite being on top of a firetruck, peeking around his owner for a look at the kids and their haul during the Garfield County Fair and Rodeo parade on Saturday morning in Rifle.
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Horses were in droves at the parade for the Garfield County Fair and Rodeo on Saturday morning in Rifle. Many of these horses will be at the rodeo, running barrel races or charging down cattle to be roped.
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