In western Nebraska, beginning Thursday night of the 2nd or 3rd weekend in July, (2009 festival to be held from July 9 through 12), in Gering, Nebraska, the "twin city" of Scottsbluff, Nebraska; Oregon Trails Days is a collection of an arts and crafts show, parade, street dance, barbeque, bicycle hill climb, carnival, morning pancake feed, food fair, nationally-known musical entertainment, and the Saturday Nebraska State Championship CASI Chili Cook-Off.
It's a fun and varied small town western event that takes place on top of land that was traveled by western emigrants on the Oregon Trail in sight of Scottsbluff National Monument where hundreds of thousands passed through Mitchell Pass on their way west in the mid 1800's.
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