Shakey’s Sheep Wagon Show closes the curtain after 11 years

Steven Shadwick, known fondly by his friends as Shakey, is putting on his last sheep wagon show at the Wyoming State Fair (WSF) this year.

Shakey’s been wrangling the event for 11 years, and he has enjoyed every bit of it. But, at the age of 75, the sheep wagon connoisseur decided it’s time to retire

“This is going to be my last show, and I want to do a bang-up job. I want to have somewhere around 35 wagons this year. We’ll put up a stage and have a guest speaker,” Shakey says.

Shakey explains he came up with the idea of putting on a sheep wagon contest after realizing there were plenty of wagons around the country local people would like to see.

“The contest was fun, and people worked hard at it. But, they’re like me – they’re getting