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The Michigan State Fair is an annual event originally held from 1849 to 2009 in Detroit, the state's largest city. In 2009 the governor declined to fund it because of other priorities. Because agriculture still has a major place in the Michigan economy, in 2011 supporters organized the Great Lakes Agricultural Fair, a 501 C (3) organization, in ...
June 6, 1980. Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum (also Hockeytown State Fair Coliseum) was a 5,600-seat multi-purpose arena in Detroit, Michigan. The coliseum, built in 1922, was part of the former Michigan State Fairgrounds until its demolition in early 2022. The Michigan State Fair, the oldest state fair in the United States, was held here ...
The Michigan State Fair, first held in 1849, was the nation's first state fair. It was held in various locations throughout Michigan until 1904, when Joseph L. Hudson formed the State Fair Land Company, acquired 135 acres of land at this site, and deeded it to the Michigan Agricultural Society. The 1905 Michigan State Fair was held on this site.
Added to NRHP. June 6, 1980. Location. The Jason Hargrove Transit Center ( JHTC) is a major public transit station in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the third iteration of the State Fair Transit Center, located at the old Michigan State Fairgrounds, [ 1] near the Gateway Marketplace and intersection of 8 Mile Road and Woodward Avenue.
Michigan's state parks system was started in 1919. Three Michigan state parks pre-date the creation of the park system in 1919: Mackinac Island State Park (1895), Michilimackinac State Park (1909) and Interlochen State Park (1917). Mackinac Island State Park was created in 1895. It had served as the nation's second national park for two decades ...
Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway: 1.000-mile dirt oval Detroit, Michigan: Motor City 250 (1951–1952) 1951–1952 Now the site of an Amazon warehouse. Monroe County Fairgrounds: 0.500-mile dirt oval Rochester, New York: 1950–1956 1958 Track closed c. 1962; briefly reopened during 1981. Now the site of a daycare. Montgomery Speedway: 0.500 ...
The oldest state fair is that of The Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair, established in 1738, and is the oldest fair in Virginia and the United States. [1] The first U.S. state fair was the New York, held in 1841 in Syracuse, and has been held annually since. [2] The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan, which ran from 1849 [3] to 2009. [4] [5]
Saginaw, Michigan. / 43.42000°N 83.95000°W / 43.42000; -83.95000. Saginaw ( / ˈsæɡɪnɔː /) is a city in and the seat of Saginaw County, Michigan, United States. [ 4] The city proper had a population of 44,202 at the 2020 census. [ 5] Located along the Saginaw River, Saginaw is adjacent to Saginaw Charter Township and considered ...