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  2. State Fair of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Texas State Fair Football Showdown took place on the third weekend of the 2018 and 2019 fair and featured Southern and Texas Southern. [14] In 2020, the Southern versus Texas Southern game moved to Arlington, Texas. The State Fair of Texas is the only fair in the United States to include a full auto show, dating back to 1913. [15]

  3. What is the State Fair of Texas known for? Here’s what makes ...

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    The State Fair of Texas starts Sept. 29, kicking off 24 days of fair fun. Established in 1886 , the State Fair of Texas continues to promote Texas agriculture, education and community involvement ...

  4. Texas Centennial Exposition - Wikipedia

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    The Texas Centennial Exposition was a world's fair presented from June 6 to November 29, 1936, at Fair Park, Dallas, Texas. A celebration of the 100th anniversary of Texas 's independence from Mexico in 1836, it also celebrated Texas and Western American culture.

  5. Counterculture - Wikipedia

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    Scholars differ in the characteristics and specificity they attribute to "counterculture". "Mainstream" culture is of course also difficult to define, and in some ways becomes identified and understood through contrast with counterculture. Counterculture might oppose mass culture (or "media culture"), [9] or middle-class culture and values. [10]

  6. Cowboy culture: 24 hours of behind-the-scenes photos from ...

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    Participants in the Jr. Beef Heifer Show of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo walk their cows by the sheep barn after arriving to the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo for a weekend of competition ...

  7. Texas milestones in 2024: What happened in Texas 100 years ...

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    For its 100th birthday, back in 1936, parties rippled across the state, anchored by the Texas Centennial Exhibition at Fair Park in Dallas. That fair generated a good deal of old-fashioned myth ...

  8. A Fair to Remember (film) - Wikipedia

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    Old stock footage of the State Fair shows why it attracted people from all over the country. It includes scenes from the bake-offs and cook-offs held annually, plus a comical scene that has women singing a song about SPAM. A Fair to Remember also shows foods that have been included at the fair. Interviews of attendees provide a look into ...

  9. State fair - Wikipedia

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    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]