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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]
1916 - East Texas Fair begins. [1] 1918 - Chamber of Commerce incorporated. [9] 1926 - Tyler Junior College founded. [1] 1929 - Tyler Morning Telegraph newspaper begins publication. [14] 1930 East Texas Oil Field discovered in vicinity of Tyler; oil boom begins. [7] Liberty Theatre in business. [15] Population: 17,113. [5] 1931 - KGKB radio ...
April 30 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri (closes December 1). [ 12 ] May 4 – U.S. Army engineers begin work on the Panama Canal .
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 ...
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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]
Texas State Fair attendees were seen fleeing and ducking for cover after shots rang out at the Saturday event, injuring three people and prompting an evacuation of the Dallas grounds.
The State Fair of Texas is celebrating its 136th anniversary this year at Fair Park in Dallas from Sept. 30 to Oct. 23. Tickets and season passes are available now on the State Fair website .