PHOTOS: 2024 Northwest Montana Fair
CASEY KREIDER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 4 months AGO
The ferris wheel lights up the sky at dusk at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A girl reaches into a pen to pet a two-week-old piglet from Teagen Flint's Wapiti Show Pigs inside the Trade Center at the Northwest Montana Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Two-week-old piglets from Teagen Flint's Wapiti Show Pigs play inside a pen in the Trade Center at the Northwest Montana Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A competitor holds her goat in her arms during goat showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Competitors walk their goats around the arena during senior goat showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Competitors line up their goats during senior goat showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Carly Tranel shows her steer during senior beef cattle showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Beau Siderius speaks with judge Sierra Myers during senior beef cattle showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Mary Owens and other competitors work to position their sheep during senior sheep showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Laila Sargeant shakes the hand of judge Sierra Myers after Myers awarded her grand champion during senior sheep showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Brady Boll shows her steer during senior beef cattle showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Boll won grand champion in her division. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Rheama Clark holds a chick from one of her family's first-place winning chickens as the mother hen looks on inquisitively inside the small animal barn at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Dacia Rutske checks out rows of dahlias for judging at the dahlia show at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Mike Valler, head judge with the Montana Dahlia Society, judges dahlias in the dahlia show at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Dahlias lined up for judging at the dahlia show at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Mike Valler, head judge with the Montana Dahlia Society, judges dahlias in the dahlia show at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Dahlias lined up for judging at the dahlia show at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Maizy and Curtis Kimmet try to reach the muzzle of a giant draft horse named Huckleberry inside the draft horse barn at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Riders are suspended at sunset on the Vertigo carnival ride at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Riders swing at sunset on the Vertigo carnival ride at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Riders enjoy the Frenzy ride at the carnival at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Attendees play Water Gun Fun! at the carnival at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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The Area 51 ride glows at dusk at the carnival at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Brady Boll gives her steer a kiss after winning grand champion in senior beef cattle showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Laila Sargeant gives her sheep a kiss before the start of senior sheep showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 13. Sargeant won grand champion in her division. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Alonzo Skunkcap, of Browning, and Nolan Conway, of Cut Bank, rope their steer during team roping as the sun shines through a light rain during the PRCA Rodeo at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Bailey Bench, from Oakley, Idaho, gets bucked off his horse Gambler during saddle bronc riding at the PRCA Rodeo at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Jesse Medearis, from Belgrade, ropes his calf during tie down roping at the PRCA Rodeo at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Casey Kreider is a photographer for the Daily Inter Lake and was awarded the 2024 Mel Ruder Photograph of the Year from the Montana Newspaper Association. He is a graduate of Penn State University and previously worked as a photographer for Lancaster Newspapers in Pennsylvania. He can be reached at [email protected]. | August 18, 2024 12:00 AM
Images from the 2024 Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo in Kalispell.
A girl reaches into a pen to pet a two-week-old piglet from Teagen Flint's Wapiti Show Pigs inside the Trade Center at the Northwest Montana Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Two-week-old piglets from Teagen Flint's Wapiti Show Pigs play inside a pen in the Trade Center at the Northwest Montana Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
A competitor holds her goat in her arms during goat showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Competitors walk their goats around the arena during senior goat showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Competitors line up their goats during senior goat showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Carly Tranel shows her steer during senior beef cattle showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Beau Siderius speaks with judge Sierra Myers during senior beef cattle showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Mary Owens and other competitors work to position their sheep during senior sheep showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Laila Sargeant shakes the hand of judge Sierra Myers after Myers awarded her grand champion during senior sheep showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Brady Boll shows her steer during senior beef cattle showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Boll won grand champion in her division. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Rheama Clark holds a chick from one of her family's first-place winning chickens as the mother hen looks on inquisitively inside the small animal barn at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Dacia Rutske checks out rows of dahlias for judging at the dahlia show at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Mike Valler, head judge with the Montana Dahlia Society, judges dahlias in the dahlia show at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Dahlias lined up for judging at the dahlia show at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Mike Valler, head judge with the Montana Dahlia Society, judges dahlias in the dahlia show at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Dahlias lined up for judging at the dahlia show at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Maizy and Curtis Kimmet try to reach the muzzle of a giant draft horse named Huckleberry inside the draft horse barn at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Riders are suspended at sunset on the Vertigo carnival ride at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Riders swing at sunset on the Vertigo carnival ride at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Riders enjoy the Frenzy ride at the carnival at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Attendees play Water Gun Fun! at the carnival at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
The Area 51 ride glows at dusk at the carnival at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Brady Boll gives her steer a kiss after winning grand champion in senior beef cattle showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Laila Sargeant gives her sheep a kiss before the start of senior sheep showmanship at the Northwest Montana Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 13. Sargeant won grand champion in her division. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Alonzo Skunkcap, of Browning, and Nolan Conway, of Cut Bank, rope their steer during team roping as the sun shines through a light rain during the PRCA Rodeo at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Bailey Bench, from Oakley, Idaho, gets bucked off his horse Gambler during saddle bronc riding at the PRCA Rodeo at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Jesse Medearis, from Belgrade, ropes his calf during tie down roping at the PRCA Rodeo at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo on Thursday, Aug. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
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