Calling all cowpokes! Each fall, Darrin and Kristi Harris offer a Kids Ranch on their BlueJack Ridge Ranch near Poplarville. For the price of a ticket, children up to the age of 12 can enjoy a wide range of western-related activities. Here you will find an Old West Town that boasts an old-timey saloon, general store, jail and schoolhouse. You can amble down Main Street and check it out, or you can soak up the atmosphere while taking a ride around the property on a neat little wagon train “Kids really love this,” Darrin said. “Just watching their excitement makes all of it worthwhile.” In addition to the western town, you can
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visit a teepee town, make your way through a seven-acre maze, visit a pumpkin patch and enjoy a petting zoo. You can watch pig races and duck races and play on a large playground with a giant slide, sandbox and corn pool. You can rope a steer and ride ponies. Tiny tots can ride the lasso loop that swings them around and around. And, if all that isn’t enough … there’s gold in them there hills! Yep, you can look for “gold” and “arrowheads” in a field. You will be awarded a ticket for what you find, and you can redeem the ticket for a prize at the general store. When you’re hungry, there’s a concession stand and a shaded picnic area.
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