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2016 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR
LINCOLN DAILY NEWS July 29 - August 6, 2016
Logan County Fair origins in
Annual Mount Pulaski
Horse Shows
1912 - 1936
Courtesy of Phil Bertoni
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ount Pulaski had annual horse shows on its town square: 1912 - 1936. It all switched to the
Logan County Fair for their 1st year in 1937, taking with them most of the Mount Pulaski
judges and organizers. Since the town streets were being paved in ‘35, ‘36, the south side (Cooke
Street) next to Courthouse was left in dirt to be paved after the last horse show that year (1936).
As these horse shows always spilled over onto Washington St., wagon-loads of dirt had to be brought
in to spread onto the new concrete pavement for that last-year’s final Mount Pulaski Horse Show,
held in Sept., 1936.
The annual Mount Pulaski Horse Show on the south and west sides of the square drew larger crowds
than any other Mount Pulaski event from its beginning in 1912 until they were discontinued in 1936.