“Bird’s eye view of the Falmouth Fair Grounds, the place where everybody has a good time – young,
old, and indifferent. The half-mile track, which is the best in the state, is in good condition, and will
be the scene of some good racing today and tomorrow.” Falmouth Outlook,
September 27, 1907
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| Fair Grounds, Falmouth, 1912 |
Falmouth Fairgrounds, Falmouth |
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| Falmouth Fairgrounds | Falmouth Fair Grounds, 1912 |
Track at the Fair Grounds, 1908 |
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Fair Scenes, c. 1952
| "Friday, Clyde Coleman, of Falmouth, was killed at the Falmouth Fair; he had 50 cents bet on the horse that won; he stepped on the track and the third place horse struck him in the back and killed him.” From the Williamstown Courier, October 3,1907 |
From a Facebook post by Greg Justice
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| November 23, 1921 Enoch Browning and his pacing mare, C. King. from a Facebook post by Rick Brown |
Scene at the Fairground |
1912
This ad is from Billboard, August 17, 1946
“Any show except girl and snake”
”Falmouth will celebrate the Fourth of July by
horse racing at the fair grounds“
Courier-Journal, June 19, 1882
Another Billboard ad, from November 26. 1955
That's Jodi Chapman, left, with the Overall 4-H Reserve Showman, at
the 1988 Pendleton County Fair, with a purchaser from Northern Kentucky
Bank and Trust of Alexandria. The bank paid $1.30 a pound for the 1178 lb. steer.
Poem on the Falmouth Fair
The 1913 Pendleton Fair Book. (pdf)
From a Facebook post by Ben Wolfe
