Alabama State Fair Montgomery

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Alabama State Fair Montgomery
Frequencyannually (with breaks)
Location(s)Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, U.S.
Years active1855–1861; c. 1906–?
EstablishedNovember 20–24, 1855[1]

The Alabama State Fair Montgomery is a state fair established in 1855 in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S..[1] The first event was named the Agricultural Fair and Cattle Show, and in later history the event went by the name, Alabama State Exposition.[2][3]

History

The

Noah Bartlett Cloud, the editor of Cotton Planter magazine (later known as The American Cotton Planter and Soil of the South) publicized the first Alabama State Fair Montgomery.[1] The fair was held every year for 5 years, but in 1861 after the American Civil War
began it paused the fair.

By the turn of the 20th-century, the Alabama State Fair was held at a fairground, just north of the city of Montgomery.[4]

1906 Alabama State Fair Montgomery

By the 1906 Alabama State Fair in Montgomery, the Alabama Agricultural Association started encouraging African American entries and invited "Negros of the state" to join.

Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) under the direction of Booker T. Washington.[4] October 27, 1906, was designated as "Negro Day," with entertainment programing including a speech by Washington, a horse race, and a parade.[4] Some one thousand White people also visited the Negro Building, before the building was removed after the end of the fair.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Owen, Thomas McAdory (1921). History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. pp. 557, 567.
  2. ^ Economics, United States Office of Farm Management and Farm (1920). Directory of American Agricultural Organizations, 1920. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 17.
  3. ^ "List of Fairs and Expositions". Duroc Swine Breeders' Journal. Morris Printing Company. 1916. p. 177.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-1-135-95629-5
    .
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