River Rat Fest and Jim Bowie Day prove big local economic success

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“That’s why we do what we do here at the Chamber, and what we will continue to do.”

The Menard County Chamber of Commerce’s fifth annual Jim Bowie Day Cook-off and River Rat Music Festival was one for the record books. The Saturday, June 13 event attracted 33 cooking teams, 37 vendors, and 39 VIP tables for the headliners, Texas country music legends Cory Morrow and Pat Green.

The actual overall attendance is difficult to pin down, but with more than two thousand tickets sold, it …