Steele County Free Fair
steele county free fair annual weeklong summer county fair held owatonna minnesota united state county seat steele county largest free county fair minnesota displaying animal year hosting vendor sell food commercial good service art craft first fair steele county held october prize awarded category best yoke working ox best butter churn best wagon made county horse racing featured record fair taken place possibly due american civil war held pasture main street held various location community moved current location fair became free fair admission charged fair introduced auto racing grandstand stage show chorus line addition traditional attraction free entertainment stage added fair held world war ii ground covid pandemic fair run one week summer entry fair free although cost park fair one largest region claiming largest free fair minnesota band entertainer perform fair various stage fair focused agriculture animal displayed year fastest growing attraction horse vendor came state staffed booth including food stand attraction event include talent show kid pedal pull automobile museum httpwwwscfforg