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The Clay County Fair is held every September in Spencer, Iowa, United States. It is the largest county fair in the state of Iowa. It has the largest agricultural exposition in North America. Bringing in over 310,000 visitors a year, Clay County Fair is one of the largest county fairs in the United States. 2011 set an attendance record of ...
The Iowa State Fair was held in a different community every two years after it was first established. The first fair was held in Fairfield in 1854. The other towns that hosted the fair included Muscatine, Oskaloosa, Iowa City, Dubuque, Burlington, Clinton, Keokuk and Cedar Rapids. [2] The state fair moved to Des Moines permanently in 1878.
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Okaloosa County. Drop Dead Disco at Santa Rosa Mall. Tickets are available here for the Oct. 26 event from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Spooky Secrets of the Stars at the Emerald Coast Science Center on Oct. 26.
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1955 – Weekly racing sanctioned under the Oskaloosa's Southern Iowa Stock Car Racing Association. 1956 – Marion County Fair Board begins sanctioning its own racing and hires Marion Robinson as race promoter. 1959 – Wooden bleachers were added to the west of existing grandstand. (5,000)
The facility on the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds was built in 1919 by P.W. Sparks, a prominent local contractor. It is believed he designed the building as well. [2] It is one of several structures built at the grounds around the same time. In 1919 the Southern Iowa Fair was the second largest fair in the state after the Iowa State Fair. [2]