Burning of grandstand was a setback for attendees of the fair in the 1930’s

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Photo from Fair archives Cooling off on the fair midway: The Fred Wheeler ice cream stand was a popular stop for fairgoers in the 1920s. The patrons were dressed in the nines in suits and ties and the women were wearing new dresses.
Photo from Fair archives
Cooling off on the fair midway: The Fred Wheeler ice cream stand was a popular stop for fairgoers in the 1920s. The patrons were dressed in the nines in suits and ties and the women were wearing new dresses.

An Army Reserve unit was camped out on the Northwest Missouri State Fairgrounds one day in the summer of 1931.

By the time the soldiers left, the fair’s wooden bleachers and the nearby Webster School were piles of smoldering rubble.

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