Author Archives for Topsfield Fair
Dean & Flynn Operates Midway
December 29, 2017 3:02 pm Leave your thoughtsDean & Flynn was contracted on the midway for the first time, and have been the Topsfield Fair’s midway operators... View Article
Essex Agricultural Society Acquired Farmland
December 12, 2017 6:17 pm Leave your thoughtsDr. John Goodhue Treadwell willed his 150 acre farm and its buildings in Topsfield to the Essex Agricultural Society for... View Article
Fair Suspended During WWII
March 12, 2018 7:15 pm Leave your thoughtsThe fair has been held annually since that first cattle show with just six exceptions, all out of the hands... View Article
First Address
December 12, 2017 5:44 pm Leave your thoughtsMay 5, 1818 Timothy Pickering made the first address to the newly formed Essex Agricultural Society. In it he called... View Article
First Cattle show of the Essex Agricultural Society
March 9, 2018 8:33 pm Leave your thoughtsThe First Cattle show of the Essex Agricultural Society. The first show took place in Topsfield and it was only... View Article
Pari-mutuel
January 30, 2018 8:49 pm Leave your thoughtsThe last pari-mutuel dog racing event was held at the Topsfield Fair, after more than 30 years of racing there.
The Annual Fair Permanent Location
December 12, 2017 6:09 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Fair was itinerant until 1910. For about 100 years the Topsfield Fair traveled around Essex county exhibiting in towns... View Article
The First Meeting
December 12, 2017 3:33 pm Leave your thoughtsIn February 16, 1818, the first meeting about creating the Essex Agricultural Society to promote Agricultural interest. Consisted of about... View Article
Youngest Member of the Society
April 4, 2018 7:32 pm Leave your thoughtsOn October 6, 1976, Jody Nason, 6 weeks old, was named the youngest life member of the Essex Agricultural Society!