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State Fair of Texas; Genre: State fair: Dates: Starts the last Friday of September and lasts 24 days. 27 September – 20 October (2024) Location(s) Fair Park 1300 Robert B Cullum Boulevard Dallas, TX 75210: Years active: 1886–1917 1919–1934 1938–1941 1945–2019 2021–present: Attendance: 2.2 million (2021) [1] Website: Official website
Fair organizers earlier this month announced a ban on guns after a shooting last year on the 277-acre (112-hectare) fairgrounds in the heart of Dallas. Paxton, a Republican, threatened to sue if ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Tuesday threatened to take legal action against the city of Dallas if the State Fair of Texas — a nonprofit that holds the annual event — does not ...
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 ...
The State Fair of Texas uses Big Tex in marketing material, including the fair's website domain name (www.bigtex.com). [5] The 1962 film State Fair was shot on location at the State Fair of Texas, and features shots of Big Tex and the fairgrounds. Big Tex is featured on the cover of the 1983 comic "The Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of Texas ...
The Dallas County Courthouse, built in 1892 of red sandstone with rusticated marble accents, is a historic governmental building located at 100 South Houston Street in Dallas, Texas. Also known as the Old Red Courthouse, it became the Old Red Museum, a local history museum, in 2007. In 2021, it was announced that the Old Red Museum would be ...
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The film chronicles the history of the State Fair of Texas beginning in 1886. It covers the banning of gambling at the fair, early Midway rides and some of Dallas' firsts such as electric lights, power stations and air planes. Old stock footage of the State Fair shows why it attracted people from all over the country.