Arizona State Fairgrounds 110 Years Old

ID: 2171 ~ Source: Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez, "Did you Know: Arizona State Fairgrounds 110 Years Old," The Show, KJZZ, August 21, 2015; accessed December 17, 2019. ~ Creator: Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez ~ Date: August 21, 2015
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KJZZ correspondent, Nadine Arroyo Rodgriguez explores the history of the Arizona State Fair in the midst of the effort to save some of its signature Depression-era buildings from demolition.

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By Max Beall
During the week of December 4, 1905, heavy rainstorms forced state officials to reschedule Arizona’s first territorial fair. Weeks later, on Christmas Day, the fair opened its doors. Governor Joseph H. Kibbey made a few opening remarks to more than…