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The Dakota County Fair began in 1858 when the Dakota County Agricultural Society was organized. Henry H. Sibley, the first governor of the state of Minnesota, was guest speaker at the first fair which was held in Nininger. The fair moved to Hastings, the county seat, and then to permanent grounds near Farmington in 1918. [1] [2]
Hastings has Minnesota's second-oldest surviving county courthouse (after Washington County Courthouse, Stillwater), finished in 1871 at a cost of $63,000. The county administration began moving to a new facility in 1974, and in 1989 the City of Hastings purchased the old building. It was rededicated in 1993 as City Hall. Downtown Hastings
The home was the first property to be acquired by the Minnesota Historical Society in the late 1950s but sat empty until 2005, when it was acquired by the City of Hastings. The Dakota County Historical Society partnered with the city to provide programing and interpretative services. $1.2 million was raised to restore the home and grounds to ...
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In 2017, the economic impact of the fair on Pine City was studied. [8] In 2018, a new beer garden and event center debuted at the Pine County Fairgrounds. [9] In 2019, Governor Tim Walz visited the Pine County Fair [10] with Ag Commissioner Thom Petersen. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was to blame for cancellation of the fair. [11]
The Steele County Free Fair is an annual week-long summer county fair held in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States, the county seat of Steele County. It is the largest free county fair in Minnesota, displaying over 2,000 animals each year and hosting over 450 vendors who sell food, commercial goods and services, and arts and crafts.
The annual fair has been a staple in Centre County for nearly 150 years. The nine-day event will stretch from Aug. 19 to 27 and bring along plenty of live entertainment, rides, games and vendors ...
One of Minnesota's few monumental Victorian courthouses remaining, built in 1905; Grant County's most prominent turn-of-the-20th-century building and its long-serving seat of government, and an important work of architects Bell & Detweiler and interior designer Odin J. Oyen. [39] 3: Roosevelt Hall: Roosevelt Hall: August 23, 1985 : Hawkins Ave.