Clay County Through the Years: Old Settlers Began as Clay County Agricultural Society

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

The first effort to organize an agricultural society was made in 1853. It was decided to hold the first annual fair for Clay County at Bowling Green on October 4th and 5th in 1854, and a premium list was adopted and published. These dates came in conflict with the state exhibition, and the date changed to October 19th for one day only. The ground on which the society located lay immediately on the south side of the town; the brick school now stands there.

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