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Historic Arkansas Valley Fair Photos

  • Mar 2, 2023
  • 1 min read

Updated: Mar 18


A car at the main gates where Amerian flags fly

Post card advertising attractions at the fair in 1913

Women in old fashioned dresses circa 1907 at fair entrance. An American flag flies. On the right is a horse and buggy.

In the late 1800s, Watermelon Day was held in Rocky Ford by George Washington Swink when he harvested his first field of Historic Rocky Ford Watermelon and chose to share with the people in the area.  People came from all around by train and by horse and buggy to join in the celebration.  
In the late 1800s, Watermelon Day was held in Rocky Ford by George Washington Swink when he harvested his first field of Historic Rocky Ford Watermelon and chose to share with the people in the area.  People came from all around by train and by horse and buggy to join in the celebration.  

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