Livestock Show history
August 20, 2026
In 1930, the El Paso Optimist Club and the Chamber of Commerce organized the Southwestern Baby Beef Show Association to encourage boys and girls across 11 Texas counties and 11 New Mexico counties to feed out baby beeves. The Optimists underwrote local expenses, secured a show site, and named W. T…
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