Pumpkin Festival at Shepherd's Cross
A working sheep farm in Will Rogers's home county opens its gates each October for a pastoral harvest festival where visitors pick pumpkins, watch spinning demonstrations, meet the flock, and experience the hands-on rhythms of an Oklahoma family farm.
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