The clubs and organizations in town sponsor the 5 year olds as prince and princess and the high school senior girls as Queen contestants.
Many citizens enter their prize vegtables, flowers, crafts and handwork.
Definitely not a dying art in Elk City. Some changes this year, the Fair Board added a Medallion Hunt and there will be no Pony Pull this year. Be sure and checkout the Old Settlers Day Page with all the events that are planned on the 8th and 9th of September. This page will be an on-going project,starting with the first class of Elk City High School class of 1889, and eventually ending with the class of 1970. 1970 is when the schools unified and Elk City was incorporated into other school systems.