You may be familiar with Ferris wheels, funnel cakes, quilting competitions and demolition derbies. But the Tillamook County Fair has a unique event you’ve probably never heard of: Pig-N-Ford races.

Bobby Wassmer, former Pig-N-Ford champion, competes in the races at the Tillamook County Fair. (Photo courtesy of Bob Reed) The Tillamook County Fair isn't so unlike county fairs across America. The ...

They say if it has wheels, people will find a way to race it. I had no idea that this also applied to pig wranglin', but at the Tillamook County Fair in Oregon, the Pig-N-Ford races are a hit of the ...

Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB On a recent afternoon in Tillamook, high school senior Alli Dixson handed out marshmallow treats to her pigs. She bought her first piglet from the state fair five years ago ...

Nehalem-area 4-Hers Shelby and Rachel Porter showed cows Ember and Lil Babe at the Tillamook County Fair and took home some prizes. The girls and Shelby’s twin brother Scott also took home high marks ...