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- First State Fair - October 1-2,
1851
- Thirteen counties were represented
here at the first state fair sponsored
- by the Wisconsin State Agricultural
Society. Entries included horses, cattle, sheep, swine, farming
implements, dairy products, flour and corn meal, domestic manufactures,
needle work, fruits, vegetables and flowers. Highlights of the
occasion were the plowing matches and an address by John W. Lathrop,
Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin. The fairgrounds contained
6 acres and about 10,000 people attended.
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- Erected in 1954 by the Rock County
Historical Society
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