{"id":252810,"date":"2026-04-16T16:22:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/252810\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T16:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:22:28","slug":"ranch-day-returns-to-the-national-ranching-heritage-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/252810\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranch Day Returns to the National Ranching Heritage Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fun event for the entire family will be returning to the National Ranching Heritage Center in <a href=\"https:\/\/kfyo.com\/tags\/lubbock\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lubbock <\/a>on Saturday, April 25th.<\/p>\n<p>This year is the 57th Annual Ranch Day which is the National Ranching Heritage Center&#8217;s longest running tradition.<\/p>\n<p>What is Ranch Day?<\/p>\n<p>At Ranch Day, families are invited to experience ranching through hands-on experiences. There will also be live demonstrations during the day. Ranch Day is Saturday, April 25 starting at 10:00 a.m. and going through 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Across the center\u2019s 19-acre historical park, visitors can interact with cattle, sheep and horses; watch horsemanship demonstrations; and try skills like roping, branding and leather stamping.<\/p>\n<p>Children can become \u201cranch hands\u201d for the day and complete activities across the park to earn wages. Those who finish six stations can collect currency and redeem it for prizes.<\/p>\n<p>Additional activities include horseback rides from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., live birds of prey from the South Plains Wildlife Rehabilitation Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and a \u201csnake oil\u201d magic show by Barry Moffitt at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Ranch Day volunteers in period attire will share the stories and daily life of early ranching families inside the park\u2019s historic structures. Visitors can also tour the Barton House.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free, but a suggested $5 donation is welcome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfyo.com\/texas-car-sleeping-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">READ MORE: Is It Legal To Sleep In Your Own Car?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss out on this great opportunity for the family.<\/p>\n<p>101 Legal Terms in Texas All Citizens Should Know<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Nick<\/p>\n<p>15 Unique Facts About Texas Pet OwnersWith over half of all Texas households owning at least one pet, let&#8217;s take a look at some interesting facts about pet owners across the State of Texas, all thanks to data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/statistics\/pet-ownership-statistics-in-texas\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">dogster.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Nick<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fun event for the entire family will be returning to the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-252810","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}