In Its Bicentennial Year, Versailles Celebrates Another Pumpkin Show

The big fall celebration continues on the Ripley County Courthouse Square through Sunday, September 30.

Photo courtesy of Versailles Pumpkin Show.

(Versailles, Ind.) - For 116 years, the Versailles Pumpkin Show has been entertaining the masses in central Ripley County.

The big street festival put on by the Versailles Lions Club got underway on the courthouse square Thursday with the crowning of the 2018 Pumpkin Show King and Queen. The royalty honors went to Queen Mariah Day of Jac-Cen-Del High School and King Jared Tiemann of East Central High School.

Winner winner chicken dinner! Congratulations @jared_tiemann !!!! You did it! Way to represent ECHS!@EastCentralHS @ambassadors_ec @SDCS_SUPER @ECDRAMAC @ECHS_studco pic.twitter.com/MpErrjezwp

— ECHS YEARBOOK (@ECHSYEARBOOKS) September 27, 2018

Wednesday’s festivities also included the unveiling of new murals celebrating Versailles’ bicentennial. The murals depict local sights such as the county courthouse and a covered bridge, as well as Versailles native and Walgreen’s drug store chain co-founder James Tyson. They are on display at the Versailles Lions Club Building.

Your eyes are in for a treat. Come see the mural live and take part in the dedication at 6 p.m. tonight in Versailles! pic.twitter.com/puagLWC9uU

— Ripley County Community Foundation (@RCCFOnline) September 26, 2018

The 116th Versailles Pumpkin Show continues through Sunday, September 30. You can find a full schedule of events at www.versaillespumpkinshow.com.