Michigan State Fair Brings the Farm to Detroit
The country’s oldest state fair, first held in 1849, moved around Michigan each year, and in 1905, it settled in Michigan’s largest county, Detroit for good.
The roughly 50,000 farms in
It is not surprising that the country’s oldest state fair, after moving around Michigan each year, finally settled in Detroit in 1905. Afterall, Detroit is the largest city and the largest county in the state.
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