Admission was twenty cents, but exhibitors could buy a $1 badge for admission of their families. Day one was devoted to setting up and judging.
The public was admitted only on the second and third day of the first Fair. In 1850, the silver medal was valued at $3. Ĭash premiums at the first Fair did not exceed $20, with the exception of an award of $50 given to essayists on the topic "Improving the Soil." During the early State Fairs, winners received medals, not ribbons, as awards. Several Central Ohioans contributed to the support of the first Fair, including Alfred Kelley, owner of the Columbus and Xenia Railroad. Special rates were offered whereby exhibits were transported without charge, and the exhibitor rode for half fare. The railroads offered strong support to the early State Fairs. Cattle were tethered to a railing along the carriage road. The grounds were enclosed by a 10-foot (3.0 m)-high board fence. The site was described as 8–10 acres with grassy slopes, shade trees, and numerous tents. Ĭamp Washington, Cincinnati (two miles north of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio) was the site for the first Ohio State Fair, October 2–4, 1850. Even so, the superintendent of grounds, Darius Lapham, died of the disease just a few weeks before the opening date. The following year, autumn dates were chosen to lessen the risk of cholera. The first Ohio State Fair was planned for September 1849, but an outbreak of Asiatic cholera forced cancellation of those plans. The resulting 1847 District Fair at Wilmington, Ohio and the 1848 District Fair at Xenia, Ohio were both successful, leading to the planning of a State Fair. One of the Board's first acts was to establish a District Fair. In 1846, the Ohio Legislature created the 53-member Ohio State Board of Agriculture.
Patrollers include security guards, the Columbus Division of Police, Franklin County Sheriff's Office, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The fair has been held at the Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds since 1886. The concert series lineup is usually announced in late February or early March. The Fair's vast programme offers concerts, sports competitions, exhibitions, a horse show, rides, and food stalls. įrom the first three-day Fair in 1850 in Cincinnati to the 12-day exposition of today (from 1981 to 2003, the Fair lasted 17 days), the Ohio State Fair has celebrated Ohio's products, its people, and their accomplishments. In 2015, attendance was 982,305, the Fair's highest 12-day attendance on record. As estimated in a 2011 economic impact study conducted by Saperstein & Associates the State Fair contributes approximately 68.5 million dollars to the state's economy. The Ohio State Fair is one of the largest state fairs in the United States, held in Columbus, Ohio during late July through early August.
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