Celebrations: Centennial;

Buffalo Bill Days;

Riverfest & County Fair

For a current list of upcoming events, please click on the "Calendar of Events" link on the Leavenworth Visitors Bureau website: LV Visitors Bureau
To view information about the Leavenworth County Fair, click here: County Fair

CENTENNIAL

Centennial Leavenworth 1854-1954 June 6-12 [program of events and history]

1854-1954 The Kansas Territorial Centennial. [A program of events and history]

Centennial Historical Program Leavenworth Kansas.

"Pictures from the Centennial" [Taken from the Leavenworth Times May - June 13, 1954.

"Discovery Days 2004." Leavenworth Times Insert. June 27, 2004.

BUFFALO BILL DAYS

William "Buffalo Bill" Cody lived in Leavenworth County for several years as a young boy. Items listed below are in the file drawers of a cabinet in the Kansas Room of LVPL.
For additional online information about Buffalo Bill Cody, click here: Wikipedia: Buffalo Bill
Although "Buffalo Bill Days" are a thing of the past in Leavenworth, today people in the community still gather to celebrate during the annual "Riverfest."

[Promotional booklets for Buffalo Bill Days: 1969 (2), 1970, 1971 (2), 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1982, 1983 (2), 1984, 1986, 1987]

[Program Schedule for Buffalo Bill Days 1969]

"Buffalo Bill Cody." Booklet. Leavenworth History.

"Buffalo Bill Cody Days." Leavenworth Times Supplement. 1968, 1985, and 1986.

"Buffalo Bill Cotillion Launches Festivities." Leavenworth Times. August 14, 1969.

Buffalo Bill Days." Kansas City Star Supplement. 1968, 1985, and 1986.

Buffalo Bill Days." Souvenir Program, 1968.

"Visit With Buffalo Bill At World's Fair in 1893." Leavenworth Times. October 2, 1938.

"Unearth Casket On Pilot Knob Reservoir Job." Leavenworth Times. December 12, 1938.

"Two More Caskets Found by Workmen." Leavenworth Times. December 14, 1938.

"Historic Downtown Leavenworth." Photo of Parade. Leavenworth Times. August 6, 1978.

"Shootout at the Elk Saloon." Photo of Celebration. Leavenworth Times. August 11, 1971.

RIVER FEST

[Program for River Fest September 8, 2002]

Parish, Connie. "Bass Picked as River Fest Parade Marshall." Leavenworth Times. Sept. 9, 2005.

River Fest 2006 Leavenworth Times [September supplement]

"First City Festival : Rockin' on the River" 2007 flyer & bookmark and Kansas Media One September 2007 news supplement.

"First City Festival : Rockin' on the River II" 2008 Leavenworth Times Supplement.

"2010 Kansas Sampler Festival Guide." Promotional publication for event which occurred the first two weekends in May 2010.

"2011 Kansas Sampler Festival Guide." Promotional publication for event which occurred May 7 & 8, 2011.