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Cobbler Contest Rules – Llano, Texas Heritage Day - Click below for rules

Dust off your boots and mend your bonnets. Llano Heritage Day is Having a Period Costume Contest. Set your time machine anywhere from 1856 when Llano was founded to the 1880’s when the discovery of iron ore caused Llano to boom. All ages are welcome to participate.
The Grand Prize Winner takes home all the cash received from the entry fees - and in addition First, Second and Third prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

Bring the kids to Llano Heritage Day June 4, 2022 and interact with the Buffalo Soldiers. Learn how they helped settle and protect the West after the Civil War. They will be demonstrating and telling stories of artifacts and the way of life of the soldier.

The famous Concho Cowboys from San Angelo. You don't want to miss their skits on the courthouse lawn. The Concho Cowboys specialize in the portrayal of historical and fictional characters and impressions of the Wild Old West.

Come interact with the Southwest Frontier History Company from Ft. Martin Scott at Llano Heritage Day June 4,2022. What was life like from 1856-1886 in Llano?

What's a festival without a Petting Zoo? Fannies Farm Animals will be at Llano Texas Heritage Day June 4, 2022 to entertain you. Old and Young alike will enjoy petting, holding, and talking to these cute animals. There will be kid goats, bunnies, exotic chickens, and ducks. Chairs, holding towels, feed and hand sanitizers will be provided.

Leave the table manners at home and dive into the sweet messy watermelon to see who can eat their slice first. First one to finish their slice WINS!!
Join the fun at Llano Texas Heritage Day June 4, 2022 on the courthouse square lawn.

Fun for all ages at the Llano Texas Heritage Day June 4, 2022. Come join the fun and play like they did in the 1800's. Who will win the race this year??

Fun and Games at Llano Texas Heritage Day June 4, 2022. Join in the fun and enter the Three Legged Race for children and adults.

Be sure to visit the antique quilt show at Llano Texas Heritage Day June 4, 2022. The show will be held in the Llano County Courthouse. To display your antique or vintage quilt contact JoAnn McDougall at the Llano County Historical Museum.
Heritage Day is being sponsored by the Llano County Historical Museum and is a part of the Pro Rodeo weekend June 3-4, 2022.

"Allemande left with your left hand meet your partner for a right and left grand". This and other calls will entertain you at the Llano Hertitage Festival June 4 when the Country Cuzzins Square Dancers from Marble Falls demonstrate their talents.
Be sure to bring the entire family for this fun day in downtown Llano sponsored by the Llano County Historical Museum.

Sharon Spenser will also be at Llano Heritage Day with her corn husk dolls, learn to create as Laura Ingalls Wilder from Little House on the Prairie

Rag Doll making by Valerie Smasal-Hammons from Calamity& Grace

The track, right of way and bridges that form the Austin and Northwestern Railroad Historic District (Fairland to Llano) represent an investment that reflected the imperatives of a different age - an age of intense development and activity. It is an investment that could not be justified now. These assets are priceless and irreplaceable and should be preserved for future generations as an example of past achievements and an inspiration for future accomplishments.

Visible from the historic Inks Bridge spanning the Llano River, the Llano Red Top Jail is an imposing Romanesque Revival structure. During the iron ore boom town era of the 1890s, the Red Top with its 4-story gallows tower became a constant reminder to outlaws that they should keep their guns at home. Due to its red roof, prisoners told people that they ?stayed at the Red Top last night?.

Construction of the present-day courthouse was completed on August 1, 1893. A foundation of granite supports the marble and granite columns, with a brick and stone exterior. F. Heierman and Bros. of Austin manufactured the interior iron stairway treads. Ornamental newels and balusters are of wood. The tower with colonnades and cupola was placed in the southwest corner, accessible only on the south and west. The roof of each corner pavilion section is pyramidal, with the main section truncated pyramid. A clock was added to the tower at a later date.