Fort Belknap continues half-a-century tradition with Mid-Winter Fair

For the Fort Belknap community, the Mid-Winter Fair is a long-standing tradition, spanning more than five decades.

"It's tradition," event volunteer Robert Fox said Friday during the Fiddle and Jig event.

He added that he has been volunteering at the Mid-Winter Fair for the past 25 years, helping in a variety of ways and helping organize the event. He said that the event started because the community needed something during the winter that people could attend.

During the winter time, especially in the early and mid 1900s, people would get cabin fever, and the community needed something that wo...