Cleveland County Fair - Hardcover

Patterson, Marie Farrow; Patterson, U L Rusty

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1531662471 ISBN 13: 9781531662479

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions, 2012

Synopsis

In the fall of 1923, the Shelby Kiwanis Club developed a plan to create a county-wide fair combining the Boiling Springs, Fallston, and Union community fairs into one event. Through the sales of $20 shares of stock, $15,000 was raised to establish the Cleveland County Fair. The first fair was held in 1924 with 70,000 in attendance. Since then, the theme has always been to celebrate city and farm life coming together through such popular attractions as agricultural exhibits, livestock, carnival rides, stage show revues, stock car racing, tractor pulls, and demolition derbies. Today, the Cleveland County Fair remains the largest county fair in North Carolina and the county's largest continuing attraction, drawing attendees in from a 75-mile radius of Shelby. The average annual attendance holds strong at over 175,000 people.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1531662471
• ISBN 13: 9781531662479
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 130