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Fall Taxidermy Auction by Steve Chupp

Lots of life size mounts will be sold:  World class whitetails, elk, caribou, black bear rugs, antelope, lots of African animals, small animal mounts, whitetail shoulder mounts, lots of large whitetail sheds, European mounts, and much more. All Local and Federal regulation will apply. Online bidding will be available. A link will be on our website. For Taxidermy Consignors: Taking consigments now for our first fall taxidermy auction! In order for items to be included in our online sale, we need them NO LATER than September 10. Please contact Merlin Hershberger to make arrangements: 330.473.2577. You can also bring your consignments in Tuesday, September 13 and [...]

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Holmes County Steam and Engine Show

The 2022 Holmes County Steam and Engine show will take place August 4, 5 & 6 on the Mt. Hope Auction grounds. The Steam and Engine show is held annually on the first weekend in August. The show features a Horse Pull on Thursday evening, Tractor and Steam Engine Pulls Friday evening, and Steam Engine and Antique Tractor activities throughout the weekend. For more information contact Roy Miller at 330-231.1111 or hcseshow@gmail.com Equipment permitted on the grounds Wednesday through Saturday. Admission: $5.00, Children 12 and under are free. Alcohol, Drugs, and Firearms are prohibited. For more information, please visit: http://www.hcsea.com/index.php

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Mt. Hope Train and Toy Show

This event is presented to you by CJ Trains and will be held in the Mt. Hope Event Center on Saturday, March 19, 2022.  The spring 2022 version of the show will be open at 10am and will close at 4pm. Admission to the event is $5.00.  Children 12 and under are free. Organized and operated the Largest Toy Train Show in Ohio. Show features: trains of all gauges train parts, books, & videos farm & vintage toys plus die-cast models NASCAR items great food & drink! plenty of free parking!

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Mid-Ohio Draft Horse / Tack Auction

The Mid-Ohio Draft Horse Expo will take place in the Mt. Hope Event Center March 7-11, 2022.  Admission into the building is free. The vendor market hours during the Mt. Hope Auction Mid-Ohio Horse Sale are as follows; Monday March 7 - 2pm - 8pm Tuesday March 8 - 8am - 8pm Wednesday March 9 - 8am - 8pm Thursday March 10 - 8am - 7pm Friday March 11 - 8am - 12pm (noon) If you would like to be a vendor please contact Paul Money at 330.473.7046. The Mid-Ohio Draft Horse Sale is held 3 times a year: week of the 2nd Saturday in March, June, [...]

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Vendors near and far bask is success of Mt. Hope Showcase   

If you were in the Mt. Hope area between February 17 and 19, you may have noticed that something was going on. There was. Folks flocked to the area from all over the nation to do a combination of two things. One, to attend the Mt. Hope Showcase & Tool Expo and two, to bid on antiques, guns, woodworking equipment, tools and heavy machinery at the Airworks Auction. Actually, thousands of folks flocked to the Mt. Hope Auction grounds. The main beneficiary of those in attendance were the vendors that filled the Mt. Hope Event Center.  Local and out-of-town vendors were able to field [...]

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Ohio Grazing Conference

Small Farm Institute (SFI) is a nonprofit organization committed to the development, promotion and support of Ohio’s small family farm agricultural and forestry ventures within the Appalachian region of southern Ohio. SFI works to nurture new farm endeavors as well as help existing farmers explore different production, marketing and restructuring options. The following is the seminar schedule: 8:00    Registration, Coffee, Donuts 8:30    Welcome 8:35    Saddlers Run Farm Tour        Big Valley, PA -Alvin Peachy 9:30   Elevating Soil Fertility         for stability through constantly changing environment Peter Gaul 10:15 Break/Vendor Show 10:45 Breakout Sessions Managing Your Debt-Lavern Schlabach Persistance, Production, and Profits from [...]

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Sportsman Show scores another record year

"It was a great show for us again this year." "We had the best sales we've ever had at this show." "We don't know why we have never set up at this show before." Those are just a few of the comments made by exhibitors that set up at the 2022 Northeast Ohio Sportsman Show last weekend at the Mt. Hope Event Center. For the sixth time since the event center opened in January 2017 the Sportsman Show filled the building with vendors that displayed hunting apparel, archery equipment, ground and raised hunting blinds, fishing lures, guided hunts and just about anything else that [...]

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New year kicks off with Mid-Ohio Growers Meeting

RECAP: Mid-Ohio Growers Meeting Every year the Mt. Hope Event Center's schedule is packed week-to-week with an array of different types of events.  Large trade shows, benefit auctions, horse sales, 5K races, banquets and more fill the 61,000 square foot building on a weekly basis. Now in its 6th year of operation, after opening in January 2017, the event center kicked off its 2022 schedule with the Mid-Ohio Growers Meeting.  This event was the first trade show held in the Mt. Hope Event Center in 2017 and once again, just like that first year, hundreds of produce growers and vendors showed up [...]

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