Botetourt County Fair

Item

Title
Botetourt County Fair
Description
A photograph of the grand stand, horses, and jockeys at the Botetourt County Fair.

From 1879 to 1949 the Botetourt County Fair was held adjacent to Old Fincastle Road and Hawthorne Hall Road near Grove Hill.

In 2013 the Botetourt County Fair was reinstated at the Buchanan Town Park. It is held in August by the Botetourt County Fair Association, Inc. There is local produce, food, music and farm animals, but no horse races.
Format
image/jpeg
Subject
Fincastle
Buchanan
Type
Image
Publisher
Botetourt Museum & Historical Society
Coverage
Grove Hill, Botetourt, Virginia.
Rights
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Provenance
Donated to the Botetourt County History Museum by H. W. Scott.
Item sets
Community

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