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PAIR FIFTY YEARSTheodore Gardner Tells of the Firs Fair Ever Held HereWhile looking among his papers yesterday, Thfeodore Gardner found a faded badge on which was written “ Douglas County Agricultural Society, First Antinal * • Fair October, 1859. * * . 1 : :The bardge had been worn by his father, Joseph Gardner who was president of the Fair,- The secretary was Paul Bcrkhau of Bloomington.. Mr. Gardner says that there was a splendid exhibit of corn and pumpkins.; The fair was held in West Lawrence near where the stone Con-gregational ehurch used to stai d,t.hat building being used for the Artexhibit .1 .' # .The features of the fair were theraces: Charlotte Eldridge wc n thesaddle eydnt from Mrs. Sam Walker, jgfce was making a rgreat ridel when her saddle came off, but she pjuckily hopped on! bareback ami won the prise: a twenty-dollar saddle given by J: G. Saiqjs, who kept the first harness shoo ever run in Lawrence.
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Lawrence Daily World
Lawrence, Kansas, US
Thu, Sep 23, 1909
Page 5
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