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Missouri History Today September 9, 1901: Sedalia Sets Stage For Inaugural Missouri State Fair

by Missouri Life

The first-ever Missouri State Fair kicks off in Sedalia. The event that has become a Missouri tradition ran through the 14th, according to the Missouri Secretary of State. 

Photo credit: Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. Sunset over the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia, Missouri. -03-27. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/2021756181/.