Gopher Count
Gopher Count banner.
The Gopher Count is an annual community festival held in Viola, Minnesota. Since 1874, the event has been on the third Thursday in June. Some the events include a parade, a tractor show, a nail-driving contest (women only), a pie-eating contest, fireworks, and dancing. Gopher Count is one year older than the Kentucky Derby.
The festival is named for the practice of collecting a bounty on killed gophers, still paid by the township as of 2009, though other aspects of the festival are more actively promoted.
References
- Schuett, Dawn (2007-06-21). "At Viola festival, every gopher counts". Rochester Post-Bulletin. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
- Stern, Jane (1978). Amazing America. Random House. p. 298. ISBN 0-394-73410-6.
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