Buffalo County Fair
Buffalo Tales, Aug. 1981 -
Early Fairs In Buffalo County, by Barbara Pemberton Riege
1875, Sept 18 1st agricultural exhibit in Buffalo County held in a
downtown furniture store in Kearney.
1880-81 winter, Ag Soc. Reorganized
Shelton provided grounds 3 year contract
Agricultural hall
Livestock pens & stalls
Race track
1884 Fair moved to Kearney Central location
Grounds site of present fairgrounds
Buildings moved from Shelton
Half mile race track big draw
1890 land for new fairgrounds purchased across road from Stone School on
Coal Chute Road
1 mile race track
Maybe 12 display buildings
Grandstand and band stand
Large mortgage
1893 financial panic property sold, Ag Society dissolved
1913 Buffalo County Mid West Fair Association organized
Fairs held on old fairgrounds.
Kearney Hub
County Fair
1894 No fair
1895 (Feb) Buffalo County Fair Association met
Set the date for the next fair Sept
24-28
Held at the fairgrounds near this
city
1897 Fair in Sept again
1898 Fair in Sept with no racing.
Buffalo County Fair Association had
to have a fair because if it failed to hold a fair two years in a row
and it would lose the county money
1899 Fair set for Oct 3-5
1902 No county fair, Buffalo Countyites encouraged to take exhibits to
state fair
1905 Some small community agricultural displays held around the county
No
fairs held when Corn Shows were held in Kearney
See also:
Fall
Festivals
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