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The Gopher Count is an annual community festival held in Viola, Minnesota . Since 1874 , the event has been on the third Thursday in June. Some the events include a parade, a Tractor show, a Nail -driving contest ( Women only), a pie-eating contest, fireworks, and dancing. The festival is named for the practice of collecting a bounty on killed Gophers , still paid by the township As Of 2007 , though other aspects of the festival are more actively promoted. REFERENCES |
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