Iowa’s first State Fair was held in Fairfield, commencing October 25th, 1854 and continuing for three days. Admission cost 25 cents with 7,000 to 8,000 visitors attending on the six-acre depot grounds of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad. In this unknown artist’s rendering, the gate at the lower left corner stands at what is now the corner of 4th Street and Grimes Avenue in Fairfield.
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