Ephrata Fair
ephrata fair held year ephrata lancaster county largest street fair pennsylvania late businessmen ephrata harry singer dutch butcher charles yeager ig sprecher decided hold celebration area rich agriculture aforementioned group men along businessmen created funded first ephrata fair known ephrata fair officially called ephrata farmer’s day fair celebration extended three day welcomed addition mummer parade ephrata farmer’s day fair held october year conception time event scheduled held september due inclement weather october ephrata cloister post american legion would distribute free automobile use raffle winner would drawn event survive world war ii since car became much scarce time many change ephrata fair world war ii contribution baby parade entertainment ride beauty pageant fair began take larger form parade moved wednesday evening still tradition today around tent city added ephrata fair one individual responsible addition agricultural attraction voag teacher ephrata named charles ackley tent city took shape every year ephrata park baseball diamond beside cocalico creek two main attraction tent city pig chase chicken chase kid ended multiple protester claimed animal abuse one also view sheep show hog show dairy beef show annual tractor pull ephrata fair also claim history national significance evelyn ay miss lancaster county pageant held every saturday night fair week evelyn ay miss america title atlantic city talent miss ay read henry wadsworth longfellow’s poem “the song hiawatha” fair held nearly every year except cancellation – due world war ii well due covid pandemic ephrata fair widely known today many festival held little town ephrata pennsylvania ephrata baseball club would hold fair known baker’s lot early mountain spring rifle would hold celebration mountain spring hotel ephrata cornet band would hold festivity reddig’s hall ephrata band hall pioneer fire company held fair band hall month annual celebration varied january february worth noting ephrata’s first street fair prior world war ephrata park association held several festival main street prior organization bought land samuel heinicke intention converting property community park fact present day location land ephrata community park location street fair section main street state street lake street ephrata farmer fair wanner dick way main street really supposed look lancaster county magazine – jacoby milton f ephrata farmer day january ephrata farmer fair