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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]
Jul. 12—After being canceled in 2020, the Dakota County Fair is back in 2021 with free admission. "With rising costs among many things. I think this is a good way to get a family to come out ...
The Minnesota State Fair is the state fair of the U.S. state of Minnesota.Also known by its slogan, "The Great Minnesota Get-Together", it is the largest state fair in the United States by average daily attendance [2] and the second-largest state fair in the United States by total attendance, [3] trailing only the State Fair of Texas, which generally runs twice as long as the Minnesota State ...
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]
In North Central Ohio, fair season begins July 1 with the Marion County Fair and ends Oct. 5 with the Loudonville Independent Fair. Ohio Department of Agriculture announces 2024 fairs schedule ...
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Farmington received its village charter in 1872, making it the second-oldest community in Dakota County after the county seat, Hastings. [8] A notable event in Farmington's history is the movement of the Dakota County Fair to Farmington in 1869. Another event, the Great Fire of Farmington on November 22, 1879, destroyed several houses, stores ...
Dutchess County Fair – Rhinebeck, New York; El Dorado County Fair – Placerville, California; Elkhart County 4-H Fair – Goshen, Indiana; Erie County Fair – Hamburg, New York; Farm Progress Show – Dacatur and Boone, Iowa (alternate years) Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo – Fort Worth, Texas; Fulton County Fair – Wauseon, Ohio