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This poster announces the second annual fair sponsored by the Cherokee County Agricultural and Stock Association to be held at Columbus, Kansas. Highlights of the fair include $2,000 in premiums, floral hall, and reduced rail rates. The poster includes illustrations of livestock and sulky racing. Fair officers are Chris. Hoover, president, and H. C. Pursel, secretary.
Creator: Cherokee County Agriculture and Stock Association
Date: September 24 - 26, 1879
Item Number: 212868
Call Number: 1994.48.270
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212868
Agriculture - Farm organizations - Agricultural societies
Agriculture - Livestock
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Fairs
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Sports - Racing (dog and horse)
Date - 1870s - 1879
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Advertising Medium - Poster
Places - Cities and towns - Columbus
Places - Counties - Cherokee
Transportation - Non-motorized - Sulkies
Type of Material - Printed materials - Posters
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