Houston, Minnesota's . . . . Houston Hoedown

A Top Ten Minnesota Celebration

2010 Houston Hoedown  July 23,24,25

Don't Miss the "Pulling" Events!  Great Action

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Houston offers lodging, campgrounds, restaurants, Root River State Bike Trail, Nature Center, birding, hunting, fishing, Root River canoeing/tubing, hiking the bluffs, golf courses, and  within a short distance from Rochester, La Crosse, and Winona.

 

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City of Houston

Historic Bluff Country
 

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J and M Displays

 
 

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Hoedown Events - Tractor Pulls and Horse Pull

 Tractor Pull

  • Awesome

  • Exciting

  • Electrifying

 

Tractor Pull Sled (Photo by Lisa Schultz)
 

Minnesota

State Championship Horse Pull

  • Tradition since beginning of Hoedown

  • Light Weight - combined weight under 3000  lbs.

  • Middle Weight - combined weight over 3000 lbs. and under 3200 lbs.

  • Heavy Weight - combined weight over 3200 lbs.

  • Competition: Pulling a “boat” (a sled-like piece of equipment with weights added) for a distance of 271/2 feet.

  • Rules: defined by the Minnesota Horse and Pony Pulling Association.

 

 

Kiddie Pedal

Tractor Pull

  • The "tractor pullers" of the future practice their skills at City Park

Kiddie Tractor Pull Trophies (Photo by Lisa Schultz)

 

 

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