History

A Piece of Stampede History...

The first Exhibition was held in 1887 and it consisted of livestock exhibits which were displayed at the CPR stockyards and other exhibits such as poultry, grains, garden vegetables and preserves shown in a place called Government Hall. The purpose of this first exhibition was to bring urban and rural people together which, ironically, now (120 years later), is in included in our mission statement developed in 2004.

In 1917 the annual event was know for the first time as ‘Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede’ with ‘Turn ‘er Loose’ as the slogan, on July 10th – 13th and with the city population of 10,000, ‘Turn ‘er Loose’ hosted a paid attendance of 29,000 people!

“A tradition since 1887 … a legacy for the future.”