Michael D. Heaston Rare Books & Manuscripts
Premium List of the Sixth Annual Fair of the Pawnee County Agricultural and Mechanical Association
Premium List of the Sixth Annual Fair of the Pawnee County Agricultural and Mechanical Association
HARTWELL, S.A., Premium List of the Sixth Annual Fair of the Pawnee County Agricultural and Mechanical Association to be Held at Pawnee City, Neb. September 22, 23, 24 & 25. 1885. Pawnee City: Press-Republican Printers, 1885. 41pp.+advertisements. Illustrated. Original printed pictorial yellow wrappers. Wear and minor chipping to spine. Overall very good.
First edition. This fair began in 1880, and this is the sixth annual county fair for Pawnee City. Prizes were awarded for all types of cattle both dairy and beef types, horses and draft horses, sheep, swine, poultry, farm products such as wheat, corn, popcorn, vegetables such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, peas, etc., preserved canned goods, farm implements, musical implements, fine arts, textile fabrics, fastest trotting horse or mare, best and largest collection of fruits to include apples, pears, peaches, plums, and grapes, best canned preserves, flowers, etc.