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Special thanks to the Central City Fire dept. for putting out the combine and field fire and thanks to Rick Zuwiec and Gage Bright for helping me finish harvest.

Every word of God is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him. Proverbs 30:5 KJV Galatians 3:10-18 KJV 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

Historic Locations of the Merrick County Fair The Merrick County Agricultural and Fair Association had its beginnings in 1874. The Association purchased eighty acres of land for the fair grounds and in 1876, twenty acres were sold for a cemetery. This land is included in the present day Central City Cemetery. The exhibition grounds were situated one and one-half miles north of town. These fair grounds were the first of four different locations. According to the 1899 Merrick County plat book, the second fair grounds was located at the intersection of Washburn and 13th Street, three blocks north of Ormsby Road at the northwest edge of Central City. Beginning in 1907 the fair was located at Clarks in a cottonwood grove on the southwest corner of the section north of town. The first 4-H club exhibits at the fair began in 1914. Early day admission tickets were $1.50 for a season ticket, 35 cents single adult admission, 15 cents children’s single admission and Children’s Day, when all under 12 years of age were admitted free. The present fairgrounds site, west of Central City, was purchased about 1926 and more permanent buildings were erected at that time.

Every word of God is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him. - Proverbs 30:5 KJV Galatians 2:1-10 KJV 1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.