The St. Croix County Fair is a tradition that has been enjoyed for generations.  Last year’s fair proved once again, to be a wonderful event with record number attendance. St. Croix County has rich tradition with fairs being held here for at least 125 years or more.

New Richmond held a fair for many years with buildings being constructed on the west side of town at the present location of the hospital.   Hudson also reportedly had a fair for a few years.   Hammond hosted a fair in the 1930’s and 40’s and into the early 1950’s.  Dairy cattle were displayed in the county highway shops while other exhibits were in the school building.  Glenwood City hosted an agricultural fair in 1895.  In 1910 the first inter- county fair was held (St. Croix and Dunn counties) at the site of the former lumber mills.

A fair has been held almost continuously with the exception of a few years, one being the polio epidemic in the mid-1940’s.  The Glenwood inter-county fair was designated as the St. Croix County Fair in 1948 by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors.  None of the original fair buildings survive and the hills are now covered by trees, quite different from the first fair when the barren hills were the backdrop.

The county fair continues to prosper with an increase in the number of exhibits and maintains the tradition of a free fair.  A fund raising drive currently underway for the St. Croix county fairgrounds will result in a new building and programs to serve the county for decades to come.

The Glenwood Area Historical Society is always looking for material about earlier fairs.  Stories, fair books, posters, photographs, and entry tags are all of interests.  Anyone interested in donating materials may contact Wayne Peterson at the society.  The address is Box 55, Glenwood City, WI 54013. Phone number 715-265-4696.  Thank you for helping us preserves the history of the great fairs in St. Croix County.

The 2008 St. Croix County Fair will be held on July 17, 18, 19, 20, 2008 in Glenwood City, WI. Look for more information both on this site along with http://www.stcroixcofair.com. The St. Croix County Fair website will contain many documents for vendors who may want to have space at the county fair. Of course if you have questions you can always contact us and we will point you in the right direction for the information that you are requesting.