“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
Fair Grounds, Falmouth, 1912 |
Falmouth Fairgrounds, Falmouth |
Falmouth Fairgrounds | Falmouth Fair Grounds, 1912 |
Track at the Fair Grounds, 1908 |
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 |
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, April 17, 1887
A “wheel” in 1887 is what we know as a bicycle.
New York Clipper, June 3, 1882
From a Facebook post by Greg Justice
November 23, 1921 Enoch Browning and his pacing mare, C. King. from a Facebook post by Rick Brown |
Scene at the Fairground |
1912
”Falmouth will celebrate the Fourth of July by
horse racing at the fair grounds“
Courier-Journal, June 19, 1882
Billboard, August 17, 1946 “Any show except girl and snake” |
Billboard, April 17, 1920 | “French Fries” Billboard, May 31, 1947 |
Billboard ad, November 26. 1955 | Billboard, April 17, 1920 | Billboard, November 24, 1956 |
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