Annual 4-H and FFA Fair: 140 Years of Carroll County Tradition
A historical perspective on the celebration of agriculture in Carroll County and the birth of the 4-H Fair.
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Historically the summer and end of harvest events have played an important role in Carroll County because of our agricultural roots.
The history of this week’s Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair at the Carroll County Agricultural Center lends an extra insight into the traditional family values that are celebrated in Carroll County summers...
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In 1877, the year before the first Maryland State Fair event that we now know as occurring in Timonium, we would have only had to walk to Fair Avenue on the east side of Westminster to attend the Maryland State Fair.
That was the year that the Maryland State Fair was in Westminster on East Main Street according to Warner’s history of Carroll County.
“The Western Maryland Railroad provided a round trip ticket from Baltimore for $1.35, including admission to the fair. Omnibuses carried passengers from the Westminster depot to the fair grounds for a fee of 10 cents one way.”
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