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Adair County Fair Factoid III - 1884 considered 1st (new) Fair

1884 Fair credited for resurgence of 'fair spirit'
See Also: 2016 Adair Co. Fair Schedule of Events
Next earlier AC Fair Factoid: Adair County Fair Factoid II - 1868 event true forerunner

By Mike Watson, Adair County Historian

The first (new) fair was held in mid-August 1884. The ACAA had built an amphitheater, racecourse, music stand, judge's stand, stock barn and other essential structures, including food booths. The fair was a success and brought in many horsemen from across the state and Tennessee. Fair-goers came from all the surrounding counties and the 1884 fair is credited for a resurgence of the 'fair spirit' in the region, with several counties moving to have their own annual fairs in the years that followed.




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Old Floral Hall, the 1884 building, dates from 1st (new) Fair



2016-06-28 - Adair County Fairgrounds, 413 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com (c).
Adair County Historian Mike Watson dates the Adair County Fair from 1848, but notes in his AC Fair Factoid III that most consider the resurgence of the fair spirit with the expanded facilities including the "1884 Building" the old floral hall building still standing as the beginning of the of the traditional Adair County Fair as it is cherished today. The future of this building is uncertain at this time. Whether it will be moved to another site or not is not yet known. Photo June 2016. - CM

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