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Cowboys and cattle signal opening of Mid-State Fair 

CMSF, Cattle Drive

Hundreds of community members line the streets of Paso Robles to cheer on local cowboys as the annual Cattle Drive makes its way down Riverside Avenue after crossing over the 13th Street bridge. Photo by Meagan Friberg.

Harris Stage Lines, CMSF

Miss California Mid-State Fair queens and princesses, past and present, ride in a Harris Stage Lines stagecoach makes its way towards the fairgrounds. Photos by Meagan Friberg.

The annual Cowboy and Cattle Drive kicked off the 2014 California Mid-State Fair this morning. A slew of cowboys and cowgirls of all ages followed Harris Stage Line stagecoaches carrying Fair dignitaries as well as the 2013 and 2014 Miss CMSF queen and princesses.

Crowds lined the streets of the city to witness the cowboys on horses drive about fifty heads of cattle from the Borjon Auto Center on Golden Hill Road at about 10:45 a.m. As they continued down Union Road to 13th St., hundreds of onlookers stopped to witness the annual event, peaking out from their homes and cars or setting up chairs along the route that continued up Riverside Ave. The cowboys and cattle arrived at the South Gate entrance to the fairgrounds just before noon to officially open the gates to the public on the first day of the 12-day Fair.

 

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About the author: Reporter Meagan Friberg

Meagan Friberg is a reporter for the Paso Robles Daily News and A-Town Daily News.