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HISTORY OF
THE MORRISON COUNTY FAIR AT LITTLE FALLS, MN |
An
Agricultural Society was organized
in Little Falls in 1883. There is no explanation as to why this
was done. In 1894, Little Falls had its first Market Day for
farmers to bring their produce into town and to display it on
the sidewalks. A Little Falls Street Fair was held in 1906,
1908, 1909 and 1910. A newspaper article states that premiums
were paid to exhibitors by the MN Department of Agriculture
at these Street Fairs.
In July of 1911, the people of Little Falls
filed Articles of Incorporation for the Morrison County Agricultural
Society. In 1913 the Morrison County Agricultural Society
at Little Falls bought 14 acres in SE Little Falls(what is
now known as the Courtyard Apartments) and started building
a fairgrounds. The fairgrounds was located there for the next
seventy-eight years. 1991 was the last year a fair was held
on those grounds. In 1992, the Morrison County Agricultural
Society purchased the land NE of Little Falls on County Road
#43 or what is now called Hawthorn Road. The new fairgrounds
was very sandy with no buildings, paved roads or grass. In
1993, the process of slowly building the fairgrounds with
grass, paved walkways, a grandstand and various buildings
began. This building process is still going on today.
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