The May 1950 issue of the Iowa State Historical Society's Palimpsest is all about the Clay County Fair. It has a lot of great pictures and stories that reflect life from the time of the first Clay County Fair in Spencer, Iowa in 1871 through May 1950. Here are a couple of pictures from this issue, the first, a diploma awarded to Mrs. Jane Auringer for the "best tomato and muskmelon sauces" (I haven't had a muskmelon sauce, have you? Do you have a recipe?) and the bottom is a picture of farmers seeking aid from a grasshopper plague in 1874.
There are several pictures of people who apparently were pretty well known in Clay County. Unfortunately, again, there are no names tied to the pictures. I believe one of them is Roy Webb, my son's g-g-grandfather, but I cannot be sure (top left?). Does anyone recognize the men in the photo collage below?
There are several pictures of people who apparently were pretty well known in Clay County. Unfortunately, again, there are no names tied to the pictures. I believe one of them is Roy Webb, my son's g-g-grandfather, but I cannot be sure (top left?). Does anyone recognize the men in the photo collage below?
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