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The Missouri State Fair is the state fair for the state of Missouri, which has operated since 1901 in Sedalia, Missouri. It includes daily concerts, exhibits and competitions of animals, homemade crafts, shows, and many food/lemonade stands, and it lasts 11 days.
The James L. Mathewson Exhibition Center is a publicly owned 3,155-seat multi-purpose arena on the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia, Missouri.Built in 1988, it received its current name in 1994 to honor Missouri Senator James L. Mathewson, who was instrumental in getting support for the State Fair to the General Assembly.
Missouri State Fair Speedway is a half-mile (.805 km) dirt oval race track located at the Missouri State Fair grounds in Sedalia, Missouri.The track was built along with the fairgrounds in 1901 as a one-mile (1.6-km) horse racing track.
Missouri State Fair Pork is big business in Missouri, and the only evidence you need is the Missouri Pork Association's standalone state-fair restaurant, The Pork Place , a fixture since 1979.
A 9-year-old Missouri farm boy is winning fair ribbons with a Patrick Mahomes lookalike made from spuds and a pretty little calf named Taylor Swift. Pat ‘Tater’ Mahomes takes blue ribbon at ...
The oldest state fair is that of The Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair, established in 1738, and is the oldest fair in Virginia and the United States. [1] The first U.S. state fair was the New York, held in 1841 in Syracuse, and has been held annually since. [2] The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan, which ran from 1849 [3] to 2009. [4] [5]
In 1974, residents of Sedalia, Missouri, weren’t expecting the 150,000 fans who showed up to see some of the biggest rock acts of the era. Disaster or best show ever? ‘Notorious’ Ozark Music ...
Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and other presidents have given speeches on the fairgrounds, though not during the State Fair. In 1974, the Missouri State Fairgrounds was the site of the Ozark Music Festival, one of the largest but least remembered major music festivals of the 1970s. While the plan was for the pop/rock/bluegrass festival's ...