<p>History Channel’s famed “Mountain Man” Paul Antzack, Colorado trapper Dan Gates and an extensive leadership planning meeting for outdoorsmen will headline the 2025 Western Nebraska Sportsman’s Expo and Nebraska Fur Harvesters Convention. Slated for Sept. 26-27, the event will be in Chadron, home of</p>

<p>Fur Trade Days honors the area’s pioneer history with a Buckskinner’s Camp east of town and Cemetery Tours at Greenwood Cemetery with a cast of characters in period dress. The Museum of the Fur Trade’s exhibits and special speakers and presentations during Fur Trade Days also recall the</p>

In 1811, mountain man John Colter ran 300 miles in 11 days to escape Blackfeet Indians. During Chadron's annual Fur Trade Days celebration, the Colter Run commemorates this endurance feat with a 10K, 5K and 2 mile options. Registration details at runchadron.com. 

Sponsored each year by the Pine Ridge Quilt Guild, the Chadron Festival of Quilts is Northwest Nebraska's largest quilt show, complete with stunning displays of textile art, a featured quilter each year, trunk shows, a raffle, challenge contest, vendors and demonstrations.