| Show Highlights of 1990 Utah Fair Dates — Opens Thursday (Sept 6) Closes — Sunday (Sept 16) Hours — 10:30 aun to 11 pm Daily Exceptions — Opens Sept 3 at 3 pm Closes SepL 16 at 9 pm Admission Adults $4 Children 6 through 16 $2 Children 5 and under FREE Senior Citizens 62 and over $2 For group rates call 262-489- 5 Parking Fair lots $2 Amusement Carnival Family Bonus Book cent savings) and 13 Special Features — Queen Pageant SepL 5--6 PRCA Rodeo — SepL Farm Bureau Talent Find — SepL 8 Junior Livestock Auction — SepL 8 KSOP Country Talent Show — SepL 10 Twin Contest — SepL 11 Utah Dairy Commission Ice Cream Festival — SepL 12 Horseshoe Pitching Tournament — SepL 12 ABC Family Fun Fair (4 shows) — SepL 13 Eorse Pulling All day $9 — SepL 6 10 Special Kids Day Program — Sept 13 Utah Cattlemen Beef Sandwich — SepL 14 Exotic Bird Show — SepL 15 It took the Utah pioneers only nine years to realize that what they needed to spotlight their special talents was a "Fair" So in 1856 they held the first in Utah and called it the Deseret Fair The first territorial fair was held in the Deseret Store which was locate at the site where Hotel Utah now stands Later it moved to Second South where the old Hippodrome Theatre was located The early fairs were organized and sponsored by the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society "with a view of promoting the arts of domestic industry and to encourage the production of articles from the native elements in this Territory" — SepL 13 25 coupons $10 (33 per- Special Days SepL 6 (Thursday) — Opening Day "Get ready get set gof Everyone free from 3 to 5:30 pm SepL 7 (Friday) — County Day SepL 8 (Saturday) — Farm Bureau Day SepL 9 (Sunday) — Grandparents'' Day SepL 10 (Monday) — Family Day SepL 1 1 (Tuesday) — Utah Athletics Day SepL 12 (Wednesday) — Seniors' Day — "Once upon a time 50 years ago" SepL 13 (Thursday) — Kids' Day — "Let's pretend" SepL 14 (Friday) — Utah Beef Day — Utah Cattlemen Association SepL 15 (Saturday) — library Day — "The wonderful world of books" SepL 16 (Sunday) — Environment Day — Fair closing Pioneers started Fair to showoff their talents Some of the early exhibits though were rather unusual One of the earliest accounts for exam- Summer Science Mystery Box — Sept 16 Daily Features — KSL and FAA Barnyard Friend Display — Special Educational Programs Every Morning — Street escapes Grandstand Admission Reserved Seats — $10 General Admission — $7 All grandstand tickets include Fair admission ) Tickets available through Fair administration or Smithux outlets (538-STAR- ple listed these: "Best boar ornamental basket ladies' straw hat best work table picture frame pair woolen hose bull four years old patch-wor- k quilt best bread sample cotton doorlock mare colt six brooms six carrots red cabbages best map of Utah best collection garden seeds best shoe laces best white gooseberries best acre of flax best Enfield rifle best plaid flannel best brown mare best gross matches best shoe blacking two weaver's reeds best sample soap best early peaches best quart turpentine best peck potatoes best penmanship two ewes ornamental needle work best fall pear best verbena best phlox best butter best sign painting best kersey best baby chair best sweet potato best cotton gingham best 100 pounds flour" And there were more Early records show that a $25 premium was awarded for the "Best fenced and cultivated farm" To encourage the home industries prizes were offered for the "Best specimen of raw silk" for the "Best bushel of cocoons" and for the "Best bale of cotton" The best 10 pounds of native sugar displayed was to be awarded with a diploma while the "best specimen of tobacco" was to receive a prize of $5 Among the early winners for exhibits are many names prominent in Utah history Brigham Young was the winner of $25 for the Best Stallion" The Mormon leader also won first prize for the best celery exhibited During those early years the fair moved around At one point it was at the site of old car barns for the Utah Light and Traction Company on old Social Hall at various ward meetinghouses and the present site of the Salt Lake City Trolley Square Finally in 1902 the Legislature purchased grounds near the Jordan River known as "Agriculture Park" which is not the home of the current Utah State Fair and " was called Fairgrounds lll®s Iferily Nicer Stores Faster Service Lower Prices the Utah State |
