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The Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds [2] is a multi-purpose facility in Watertown, New York, spanning 67 acres. The stadium capacity is 3,500. [ 3 ] It contains the longest-running fair in the United States, The Jefferson County Fair , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and was named after Alex T. Duffy.
Auto racing was first presented at the former horse track located on Coffeen St in 1936 and again in 1940, when the Jefferson County Fair featured sprint car races sanctioned by the American Automobile Association. In 1949, the Fair introduced the International Midget Auto Racing Association, which returned for two additional shows the same ...
Jefferson County was created on December 12, 1914, from a portion of Crook County.The county owes much of its agricultural prosperity to the railroad, which links Madras with the Columbia River, and was completed in 1911, and to the development of irrigation projects in the late 1930s.
Jefferson County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,492. [1] Its county seat is Brookville. [2] The county was established on March 26, 1804, from part of Lycoming County and later organized in 1830. [3] It is named after President Thomas Jefferson. [4]
Jul. 13—WATERTOWN — The Jefferson County Fair, touted as the longest continuously operating fair in the United States, returns to the Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds on Tuesday through Sunday ...
Fairbury is a city and county seat of Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States. [3] The population was 3,942 at the 2010 census. Fairbury has been closely connected with railroading for much of its history. It was founded on the projected route of a railway, and grew as a shipping center.
The complex opened in 2003. It is owned by Jefferson County, Texas and operated by OVG360, a division of the Oak View Group. It is the home of the South Texas State Fair. In 2020, Jefferson County began negotiations to sell Ford Park to Renaissance Development Group, which would add a hotel and a horse-racing track to the complex. [2]
The Jefferson County Fairgrounds hosted horse buggy racing prior to the renovations to the new fairgrounds. Gemuetlichkeit Days was started in 1971 to celebrate the German heritage of many of the residents of the Jefferson area. The festival was first held under tents in the downtown area. The festival quickly grew and in 1975 the festival was ...