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	South Texas State Fair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The South Texas State Fair is an annual regional state fair held in Beaumont, Texas.
		In 2004, the South Texas State Fair moved from the Beaumont Fairgrounds on the east side of the city to Ford Park on I-10 on the west side.
		The 2005 fair was cancelled due to the extensive damage that Hurricane Rita inflicted on the region.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Texas_State_Fair (300 words)

	State Fair of Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The State Fair of Texas is an annual state fair held in Dallas, Texas (USA).
		The State Fair of Texas is the only Fair in the country to include a full blown Auto Show.
		The fair has been known for years for Fletcher's "State Fair" brand corny dogs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/State_Fair_of_Texas (357 words)

	Fair Encyclopedia Article @ AllsFair.com (All's Fair) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Fairs are also known by many different names around the world, such as agricultural show, carnival, fete or fête, county or state fair, festival, market and show, etc. Flea markets are sometimes incorporated into a fair.
		Fairs are often held in conjunction with a significant event, such as the anniversary of a local historical event, a seasonal event such as harvest time, or with a holiday such as Christmas.
		That part of a fair (commonly an American fair such as a county or state fair) where amusement park rides, entertainment and fast food booths are concentrated is called the midway, after the avenue of amusements at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
	www.allsfair.com /encyclopedia/Fair (618 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Attendance at the Dallas State Fair was estimated in excess of 100,000, but revenues for the fairs failed to meet expenses; the rival associations merged in 1887 to become the Texas State Fair and Dallas Exposition.
		No state fair was scheduled in 1935, and construction began on a $25 million project that transformed the existing fairgrounds into a masterpiece of art and imagination.
		In 1986 Fair Park was designated a National Historic Landmark, and the State Fair of Texas hosted a thirty-one-day exposition celebrating both the Texas Sesquicentennial and the fair's own 100th anniversary.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/SS/lks2.html (1010 words)

	The Historic Heart of Fair Park - Texas Hall of State
		The Hall of State, without a doubt, is the grandest building standing in Fair Park, perhaps in all of Dallas (some might say in the whole State of Texas).
		The Hall of State was constructed in 1936 at a cost of $1,200,000, a sum all the more remarkable for being spent during the middle of the Great Depression.
		In 1938 after the Texas Centennial and Pan American Expositions had run their course, the State of Texas leased the building to the City of Dallas, which in turn gave custody of the Hall of State to the Dallas Historical Society.
	www.watermelon-kid.com /places/FairPark/hh-tour/hh-hos.htm (634 words)

	Texas State Arts & Crafts Fair
		The Fair's development was inspired by the success of art fairs in West Virginia and Canada, which brought a respectable amount of tourism dollars to their respective regions.
		In 1995 the Texas Legislature declared the Texas State Arts and Crafts Fair as the official arts and crafts fair in Texas and a few years later the event was moved to the River Star Arts and Event Park.
		Fair food favorites can be found throughout the grounds, like scrumptious turkey legs, corn-on-the cob, sticky sweet funnel cakes, and ice cold snow cones and your favorite sodas, as well as beer and wine.
	www.wintertexans.com /state_arts_crafts_fair.htm (1121 words)

	Roadfood.com Forums - State Fair of Texas
		I have 3 fairs in Indiana that have great food, the Elkhart County fair in Goshen, the St. joseph County fair in South Bend and Of course, the grand daddy of them all, the Indiana State fair in Indi.
		At the Elkhart County fair, my favorites are the bar-b-que pork chops at the Elkhart County prok producers tent, the bar-b-que chicken at the Nelson's Golden glow tent, and the home made pie at the pie tent.
		The Florida State Fair in Tampa (always held in February which is the height of the agricultural growing season down here) always has a guy on the midway who sells tons of burgers at a buck each.
	www.roadfood.com /Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4327 (1151 words)

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		In addition, the fair operator where the amusement rides were to be run, State Fair of Texas, filed inspection reports and policies or certificates of insurance on the various amusement rides, both its own and those operating under contract.
		The policies filed by State Fair of Texas on its own behalf indicate that a city is a named insured under the policy.
		On Monday, October 16, 1983, an amusement ride operated by Continental Park Attractions at the State Fair of Texas was involved in an accident, causing a fatality and several injuries.
	www.oag.state.tx.us /opinions/or47mattox/ord-404.txt (837 words)

	Historic Fair Park - Park History
		Fair Park was "born" in 1886 when eighty acres of "hog-wallow prairie" on the outskirts of East Dallas were chosen as the site of the "Dallas State Fair," the "grand-daddy" of today's State Fair of Texas.
		A rival "Texas State Fair" was held in North Dallas that same year when some of the original fair's founders broke away, accusing the others of self-interest in the selection of the East Dallas site.
		Between 1987 and 1989 the exterior of the Hall of State was cleaned and repaired and its interior restored and remodeled.
	www.watermelon-kid.com /places/FairPark/fp-history/history-intro.htm (756 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Fair Park houses one of the greatest concentrations of early twentieth-century Art Deco exposition buildings in the United States.
		from the Thomas Lagow league and the John Grigsby league for $16,000 in 1886 and deeded to the newly chartered Dallas State Fair and Exposition Association.
		A rival organization, the Texas State Fair, headed by C. Keating, opened its fair on October 25 of the same year on a section of John Cole's farm in north Dallas.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/FF/ggf3.html (847 words)

	State Fair of Texas makes strong run (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		October 24, 2002 -- The State Fair of Texas, held in Dallas, ran from Sept. 27 to Oct. 20.
		It was also the 50th birthday of Big Tex, the official ambassador and beloved symbol of the State Fair of Texas.
		The State Fair of Texas website stated that Big Tex was given his voice and began greeting fairgoers in 1953, added a friendly wave in 1997, and, in 2000, was provided with armature that allowed him to turn his head.
	www.countryworldnews.com /Editorial/CTX/2002/ct1024statefair.htm (464 words)

	State Fair of Texas - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		State Fair of Texas - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The fair's 2005 logo featured Big Tex holding aloft a mustard covered corny dog while shouting with abandon, and a slogan of "Let yourself go."
		State Fair of Texas, See also, External link, Dallas, Texas, State fairs and Texas.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/State_Fair_of_Texas (302 words)

	A Day at the State Fair of Texas
		The State Fair of Texas is no exception, other than its Texas size, covering 277 acres of Dallas landscape, and of course, only the State Fair of Texas can boast the world’s tallest cowboy, Big Tex, towering 52 feet tall, wearing size 70 boots!
		The millions of visitors who attend the fair each year should plan to spend an entire day, or even two or three, to take advantage of all the things to see and do at the nation’s largest annual exposition.
		And when true fair spirit sets in, they climb on the tallest ferris wheel in North America, the 212 ft Texas Star, for a ride in the sky.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/_texas/103955 (550 words)

	State Fair of Texas v BigTex Sports - Case No. 95851
		The BIG TEX cowboy character serves as the official ambassador of the State Fair, greeting visitors in both English and Spanish at the main entrance of the fair grounds.
		Respondent makes no mention or has any direct links to the State Fair of Texas and their activities from the domain name and the corresponding website which can be seen by the evidence presented by the Complainant.
		In a state where bigness is often associated with its citizens and their endeavors, that is not surprising.
	www.arbforum.com /domains/decisions/95851.htm (3783 words)

	TxLottery: State Fair of Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Texas Lottery is back for its tenth fun-filled year of selling the Games of Texas to fairgoers at the 2004 edition of the State Fair of Texas, which runs September 24 through October 17.
		As a special incentive at the State Fair, players may receive a promotional prize for each $5, $10, $15 or $20 purchase of Lottery tickets.
		Texas Lottery Fun Center - One of the Fair's most popular venues in the park, the Texas Lottery Fun Center treats visitors to the zany antics of the Paul Adams Game Show four times a day, at 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m.
	www.txlottery.org /info/statefair.cfm (571 words)

	Comet II (State Fair of Texas)
		"Comet II" was created in memory of the Comet that previously operated at the State Far of Texas and the first location for the newly refurbished ride to operate.
		This was a unique arrangement with the State Fair Of Texas where the fair provided storage during the off-season -- the roller coaster still stood, but the cars, chains, motors and such were removed and stored.
		Since leaving the fair, the ride has returned to the E S Webb Co in Wichita, KS where it is in storage as of 6/5/2003.
	www.rcdb.com /id1446.htm (227 words)

	Off the Kuff: The great state of Texas Archives
		But state Rep. Carter Casteel of New Braunfels said she was "tickled" to be recognized by the bloggers for political courage in bucking the House leadership on several education issues this year.
		State Rep. Aaron Pena writes a wrapup of the march he and many veterans took from Edinburg to San Antonio to highlight the need for a VA hospital in South Texas.
		The story of State Rep. Aaron Pena and the band of veterans who are walking from Edinburg to the Alamo to highlight the need for a VA hospital in South Texas took a bizarre turn earlier today.
	www.offthekuff.com /mt/archives/cat_the_great_state_of_texas.html (14006 words)

	Texas Twisted \| State Fare: A Roadside Headlines Special Report
		When Texas Twisted received word that officials at the State Fair of Texas had chosen "Taste and See" as the theme for 2003, I knew I would have to answer their challenge.
		Despite my predisposition for saying I'm a "horndog for a corn dog," I generally insist on the more accurate term "corny dog" when referring to what is the icon of state fair edibles.
		Brought to the fair in 2002 by Katie's Cafe, it was an immediate hit.
	www.texastwisted.com /reports/statefare (835 words)

	Images of the Hall of State, Fair Park, Dallas
		Other cities in Texas competed for the sponsorship of the Centennial, but Dallas, which had not even existed at the time the Republic of Texas was founded in 1836, was awarded the site for the Texas Centennial Exposition.
		A large group of Texas architects participated in the whole project but when the plan for the Hall of State was stalled, Houston architect, Donald Barthelme, was called in to provide a synthesis of existing plans.
		The Hall of State is built of Texas limestone and incorporates the designs in the interior of a large team of artists who sing the praises of the state of Texas and its heroes.
	www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/texas/dallas/fairpark/hallofstate.html (566 words)

	Big boar was big attraction at State Fair of Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Weighing nearly 1,200 pounds, and standing over four-feet tall, Boris is deemed the largest hog in the United States, according to Daryl Real, vice president the State Fair's of Ag and Livestock Department.
		The phenomenal porcine proved to be a pinnacle of the fair's pageantry.
		Although Boris' stint at the State Fair of Texas ended Oct. 17, he will make a special appearance on Oct. 25 in Dallas before heading back to Iowa.
	www.countryworldnews.com /Editorial/ETX/2004/et102104BigPig.htm (451 words)

	2000 TX State Fair
		Norwegian Society of Texas' Leikarringen once again performed at the Heritage Days festivities at the Texas State Fair.
		The old art deco State of Texas building for the 1936 Texas Centenial and World Exposition.
		After the performance we attended a German tanz, gesang, jodler, kuhglocken group, Veronika Leinz and "Münchner Kindl Show", who was touring the US and stopped at the Texas State Fair.
	www.norwegiansocietytexas.org /Leikarringen/images/PhotosByJohnEberly/2000TXstatefair/2000TXstatefair.html (75 words)

	Texas Monthly September 2003: Fair's Fair
		The history of the Texas State Fair is as colorful as its host city.
		It takes up every bit of the 277 acres of Fair Park, the handsome, manicured grounds that grew from eighty acres of soggy, "hog wallow prairie," as it was once referred to by its own directors.
		Among the hundreds of acts Wiley has helped lure to the fair, two are her favorites: The Trinidad and Tobago steel drum band, which wowed audiences in the mid-seventies, and the Tiger Island exhibit of the mid-nineties, which was an actual island set up in the esplanade and inhabited by Bengal and Siberian tigers.
	www.texasmonthly.com /mag/issues/2003-09-01/webextra7.php (862 words)

	State Fair of Texas
		Dallas, TX One of the oldest and most revered Texas traditions is the State Fair of Texas.
		One of the most famous parts of the State Fair is Big Tex himself: a 52 foot tall talking and waving goodwill ambassador to all who visit the fair.
		The 2005 State Fair is from Sept. 30 - Oct. 23
	www.savvycenter.com /explorer/areas/infopages/statefair.htm (404 words)

	City of Dallas Fair Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Fair Park A Cultural and Entertainment Center is a division of the Dallas Park and Recreation Department.
		Located two miles east of downtown Dallas, Fair Park is home to nine museums and six performance facilities, including the Music Hall, Smirnoff Music Centre, Band Shell and the Cotton Bowl Stadium.
		This National Historic Landmark has the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco exposition style architecture in the United States located on 277 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds.
	www.dallascityhall.com /html/fair_park_information.html (151 words)

	State Fair of Texas in Dallas Fort Worth, TX - AOL City Guide
		The 2006 State Fair of Texas lives up to the worn-out cliche that sticks to the state like mud on a Justin boot heel: It's Texas big.
		Whether your senses are more attuned to the boisterous bellowing of a show bull or the sweet taste of fine wine, the 2006 State Fair of Texas combines the common and the culturally refined in a big, Texas way.
		I have been going to the fair since I was very little and always looked forward to it whenever that certain cool smell hit the air.
	cityguide.aol.com /dallas/entertainment/state-fair-of-texas/e-1719491 (348 words)

	History
		Fairs have been a part of Dallas life since 1859, when businessmen set up displays.
		However, the fair had many financial difficulties, and in 1904, the city of Dallas bought the fairgrounds for use as a public park.
		Most of Fair Park's present buildings were built for this fair at a cost of more than $15 million.
	www.dallascvb.com /visitors/history.php?page=state_fair (212 words)

	Texas Twisted \| The 2002 State Fair of Texas: A Roadside Headlines Special Report
		This year, I spoke to several people who had visited the fair, all of whom were completely unaware of the absurdly fantastic attractions scattered throughout the park.
		From there, it was a visit with Elsie the Cow, a gaze in awe at the befuddling butter sculpture, then time to hit the midway.
		New to the fair this year, these delectables are covered with your choice of topping and, inexplicably, served up by someone who looks amazingly like Sonny Bono.
	www.texastwisted.com /reports/2002statefair (1295 words)

	The Women's Museum: Texas Girls State Fair
		The purpose of Texas Girls' State Fair is to honor, recognize and showcase the achievements and interests of Texas adolescent girls.
		During the Texas Girls' State Fair, the 70,000 square foot building will be transformed into a lively, colorful, and exuberant venue for music, dance, gymnastics, fashion, sports, video, academic achievements, and a wide range of exhibits that show what girls are doing, thinking about, and achieving today.
		The Fair will offer the chance for girls to see themselves just as successful as any of the great women that line the halls of the museum.
	www.thewomensmuseum.org /site/PageServer?pagename=TexasGirlsStateFair (138 words)

	State Fair of Texas v State Fair Guides - Case No. 95066
		The Complainant is State Fair of Texas, Dallas, TX, USA ("Complainant").
		The Complainant has been involved with various state fair activities since 1886 when the first State Fair of Texas opened.
		The agreement that the Complainant and Respondent signed in 1994 stated that Havard was an independent contractor and that he had permission to use the Complainant’s registered marks to produce the Official Visitor Guide.
	www.arb-forum.com /domains/decisions/95066.htm (1038 words)

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