The Coffey Colt Show was started by T.J. Williams and Sam Bennum. They had stud horses and offered prizes to the three best colts from their studs, to be shown on Main Street in Coffey, MO. The event spotlighted horses and mules and fostered a more competitive spirit for raising a finer line of horse and mules. During some years, the Coffey Colt Show coincided with festivities which included carnival rides and other attractions.
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Source: Coffey Centennial 1865-1965 book, page 28; Walsworth Publishing Company
Jesse Severe holds the reins of a mule donated to the Red Cross during the 1918 Coffey Colt Show. Ed Bolar (standing in the car) was auctioneer during the fund raiser. This mule was sold over and over, raising a sizable sum for the Red Cross.
Olin Meadows (in buggy) presented this prize-winning team of horses at the Coffey Colt Show (photo taken at previous competition not in Coffey).
George Markham’s prize mule is shown standing west of Handy’s Store in Coffey, MO, during the Coffey Colt Show in September, 1922.
Main Street at Coffey offered carnival attractions during the Coffey Colt Show in 1924.
