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The Iowa State Fair is an annual state fair held in Des Moines, Iowa, every August. It began in 1854 and has been held on the Iowa State Fairgrounds since 1886. It is based in the state capital Des Moines, Iowa over an 11 day period in August.
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.
Only four dishes from the Iowa State Fair remain in our brackets. Vote for favorites such as cheese curds, hot beef sundae, Grater Taters or pork chop on a stick.
It's time to plan for the 2024 Iowa State Fair. Here are the dates, how to get tickets and when to find Jelly Roll or other artists at the Grandstand.
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Wallace sculpted the State Fair's butter cows for 36 years until his death in 1956. [3] Earl Frank Dutt was the butter cow's official sculptor from 1957–1959 [ 1 ] Norma "Duffy" Lyon petitioned fair officials to become sculptor for the 1960 Iowa State Fair; [ 4 ] she would go on to have the longest tenure, sculpting the fair's butter cows and ...
The Iowa State Fair is gearing up to return Aug. 8-18 with some new food adventures for those who want to experience farm fresh food grown and produced by Iowa farmers. Farm-to-Fair dinner party
Former Los Angeles County District Attorney (1975–81) [9] and State Attorney General [10] (1983–91), John K. Van de Kamp (D) is a nephew of the baker's co-founders. Under the direction of Lawrence (Larry) Frank, the Frank and Van de Kamp families also founded Lawry's Restaurants and the Tam O'Shanter Inn.