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Jul 18, 2012 · The first Ohio State Fair was planned for September 1849, but an outbreak of Asiatic cholera forced cancellation of those plans. The following year, later dates were set to lessen the risk of...
From 1874 until 1885, the site of Columbus' Franklin Park served as home to the Ohio State Fair. Finally, in 1886, the Fair moved to its current location to what is currently called the Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds .
Aug 3, 2016 · COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The first state fair in Ohio was held 166 years ago and the annual tradition has been going strong ever since, bringing hundreds of thousands of people to the state's...
Jul 28, 2011 · Governor James Rhodes playing a game on the midway at the Ohio State Fair, Columbus, Ohio, August 27, 1976. 1976 marked the U.S. Bicentennial and record breaking crowds at the Fair. The Fair had record breaking attendance in 1976.
The resulting 1847 District Fair at Wilmington and the 1848 District Fair at Xenia were both successful, thus warranting a State Fair. The first Ohio State Fair was planned for September 1849, but an outbreak of Asiatic cholera forced the cancellation of those plans.
Aug 8, 2017 · Ohio has held a state fair for more than 160 years now, so it’s steeped in history and nostalgia. Cincinnati hosted the first fair in 1850. The state’s Board of Agriculture wanted to have it the year before but had to cancel their plans due to a cholera epidemic.
Jul 20, 2022 · The first two times Columbus hosted the fair was in 1851 + 1855, both at the current site of Mt. Carmel Hospital. Both Schiller Park, 1864-1865, and Franklin Park, 1874-1875, were Columbus sites for the fair. In 1886, the fair moved to the Ohio State Fairgrounds where it has stayed ever since.
