Lycoming County Fair
lycoming county fair annual event held hughesville pennsylvania year mark year fair operation attendance lycoming county fair totaled lycoming county fair offer live entertainment including musical band tractor pull horse racing horse show demolition derby figure racing comedy show firework fair also offer daily program display exhibit featuring cow horse sheep goat next lycoming county fair held – july lycoming county fair association board director include dale levan vice president james springman president clifford yaw treasurer karen yaw secretary dennis simon concession manager richard gardner robert heydenreich dean kepner shawn mccoy throughout year fairground used host many event besides fair event include farm heritage antique machinery show automobile show rodeo circus horse show music festival tractor pull motorcycle race billtown blue festival fair trace history celebrated th anniversary organization actually origin three year end american civil war ten local person met organized muncy valley farmer club purpose discussing agricultural topic dr george hill chosen president two year later club decided hold first exhibition area people could exhibit livestock grain fruit vegetable canned good handicraft early map indicate first exhibition held ground hughesville trotting park located southern end borough muncy valley farmer club continued grow membership annual exhibition continued grow successful membership nearly charter incorporation drawn due set per year despite continued growth success agricultural exhibition hughesville stiff competition hosting county fair developing williamsport late th century fair held two location williamsport pa one vallamont section memorial park near site bowman field stadium fair enjoyed success year interest support fair hughesville prevailed eventually hughesville chosen permanent site lycoming county fair sometime early th century first indication actual purchase land result extensive research local lawyer court record show acre land deeded lycoming county fair association world war saw fair first cancellation brought continued growth fair dramatic increase attendance due part economic good time roaring twenty another factor promoted attendance williamsport north branch railroad headquartered hughesville railroad ran special fair excursion benefit fairgoers saw beginning special feature regular part fair following world war ii automobile racing mi dirt track drew large crowd time race sanctioned aaa year many biggest name american auto racing appeared hughesville field often included indianapolis veteran among biggest ted horn tommy hinnershitz jimmy bryan johnny parson le wallard joie chitwood another special edition fairground time period airplane landing field construction hangar ft runway completed official opening dedication took place september – hughesville airport considered important refueling stop direct route new york city cleveland ohio state federal monies made improvement facility u postal service declared special air mail day may honor hughesville fairground airport may amelia earhart trans atlantic flight fame made emergency landing plane landing field hughesville fairground earhart intention landing bellefonte refueling lost way noticed landing field middle fairground took advantage lycoming county fair curtailed starting due restriction demand world war ii tragedy struck fairground early morning hour september severe thunderstorm large exhibition building hit lightning within minute wooden structure destroyed year following world war ii brought several change operation airport soon abandoned little use airport made war soon hangar removed area used variety purpose including parking area fair patron decision made end automobile racing factor included safety concern noise dust issue affecting nearby home date fair changed beginning usually september october midjuly also extended tenday fair wouldve sesquicentennial anniversary covid pandemic caused fair first cancellation year next year saw resumption pa department agriculture pa state association county fair