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Showing of 58 results for Elkhart County Fair.

ID	96867
Title of Article	Quilt Gardens, Murals in season
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Impatiens; Volunteers unload flowers; Karin Frey carries flowers
Date	May 17, 2024
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Quilt Gardens, Murals, Elkhart County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	96693
Title of Article	Flowering fundraiser
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	People buying flowers; Volunteer at the beef barn
Date	Apr 27, 2024
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	4-H Clubs, Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County Fairgrounds, Awards

ID	81866
Title of Article	Crowds flock to Elkhart County Fair for opening day
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Farmer grooming a sheep; Family playing a game; Man cooking burgers
Date	Jul 23, 2022
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair

ID	73654
Title of Article	Results of the 2021 Elkhart County Fair 4-H Livestock Auction
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Alexis Hess
Date	Aug 04, 2021
Page	A7
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Livestock, Auctions

ID	73562
Title of Article	Back in the swing
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	4-H'er competes in poultry showmanship; Denna Rigby and cow; Young 4-H'ers prepare their birds for the poultry showmanship; Poultry barn guests
Date	Jul 24, 2021
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	65859
Title of Article	Emma Schrock painting featured at quilt auction
Notes	Emma Schrock, Airing the Quilts
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Painting by Emma Schrock, "Airing the Quilts"
Date	September 24, 2019
Page	A4
Subjects	Michiana Mennonite Relief Sale, Elkhart County Fair

ID	65785
Title of Article	Fair focus is young people on Wednesday
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Hunter Catron; Music station guests; Benjermin Rininger; Bodhi Goodsell, Youths racing; Fair guests
Date	July 25, 2019
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Fair, Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	65481
Title of Article	Reptile reputation on the rise
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Kaidi Green; Rene Lopez; Reptile Expo vendors and visitors
Date	May 26, 2019
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Goshen Resident Identification Card (GRID), Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	65192
Title of Article	Advocates fight for locally sourced food
Notes	Locally grown foods
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Phil Harris; Jon Zirkle; Food advocates
Date	March 4, 2019
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	65046
Title of Article	Elkhart County fair organizers earn top honors
Notes	International Association of Fair and Festivals
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart County 4-H Fair photo series
Date	January 25, 2019
Page	A5
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Indiana Association of Fairs and Festivals

ID	62336
Title of Article	Forest River hosts RVers at Fairgrounds
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Jim Turner and Greg Tinsman; Brenda Savitz; George and Shirley Smith; People at the RV rally
Date	August 9, 2017
Page	A1, A8
Subjects	Forest River Inc., Recreational Vehicle Industry, Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	62310
Title of Article	Snapshots from 2017 Elkhart County Fair
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	A3: Holsteins, Indiana Conservation Officers,Llama, Goshen High School Men's Choir, Chickens, Rock-It The Robot, Farm to Table cooking class, Disney Princess Belle and Repunzel, Elkhart County rabbit
Date	July 31, 2017
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair

ID	62516
Title of Article	Seeking title of Miss Elkhart County Fair
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Photos of all 49 candidates
Date	July 20, 2017
Page	A6, A7
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Miss Elkhart County, Miss Elkhart Pageant, Miss Elkhart County Scholarship Pageant

ID	55236
Title of Article	Has county fair always been at current location?
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	1909 Elkhart County Fair; Elk statue with broken antler
Date	November 15, 2014
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, History, Elkhart County

ID	53867
Title of Article	Festival highlights 3-D printers
Notes	RepRap Festival held at Elkhart County Fairgrounds
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Charles Steinkuehler
Date	March 16, 2014
Page	A1
Subjects	Computer Technology, Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	53868
Title of Article	3-D print festival draws crowd to fairgrounds
Notes	RepRap Festival highlighting 3-D printers
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Phillip Briski
Date	March 16, 2014
Page	A3
Subjects	Computer Technology, Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	53848
Title of Article	RepRap has 'nerdy stuff'
Notes	Open-source 3-D printing festival
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of d-D printer
Date	March 13, 2014
Page	C1
Subjects	Computer Technology, Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	53228
Title of Article	Fair board's finance committee will explore improvements, budget
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Date	November 14, 2013
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	52799
Title of Article	Elkhart County fair board celebrates 2013, looks toward 2014
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Date	September 12, 2013
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County 4-H Fair Board

ID	52411
Title of Article	It doesn't get much bigger than the Elkhart County Fair
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos
Date	July 14, 2013
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair

ID	52346
Title of Article	A new tool for history hunters
Notes	ECGS has marriage records from 1831 to 1942 on microfilm
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Marvin Genshaw
Date	July 1, 2013
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Fairgrounds, Elkhart County Historical Museum, Marriages, Early Elkhart County

ID	52275
Title of Article	Elkhart County 4-H Fair begins raising money for improvements
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of 4-H shirt
Date	June 20, 2013
Page	C1, C2
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County 4-H Fair Board, Elkhart County Fairgrounds, Fund Raising

ID	50495
Title of Article	The fair has grown - by 253 acres, to be exact
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Jerema Burbrink
Date	July 17, 2012
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County Fairgrounds, Elkhart County 4-H Fair Board

ID	50017
Title of Article	Elkhart County fair closer to paying off land
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	April 12, 2012
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Elkhart County Education Alliance, Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County 4-H Fair Board

ID	49681
Title of Article	Fair board considers future of new land
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	January 12, 2012
Page	A2
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County Fairgrounds, Elkhart County 4-H Fair

ID	49116
Title of Article	Mennonite relief effort draws thousands in Goshen
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos
Date	September 25, 2011
Page	A3
Subjects	Michiana Mennonite Relief Sale, Elkhart County Fairgrounds, Mennonites

ID	43272
Title of Article	Digging up (family) trees
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of resources
Date	October 26, 2009
Page	C1
Subjects	Elkhart County Fairgrounds, Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	43028
Title of Article	Tally it up: $355,000 in relief
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of event
Date	September 27, 2009
Page	A1
Subjects	Michiana Mennonite Relief Sale, Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	41998
Title of Article	Before the first ribbon is given out, volunteers give the fair life
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of volunteers
Date	July 8, 2009
Page	A1
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County Fairgrounds, Volunteer Work

ID	11747
Title of Article	Plan retreat finishes Friday
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 5, 2005
Page	A1
Subjects	Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	11742
Title of Article	Official wish list
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	maps; photo of Goshen site
Date	February 4, 2005
Page	A1
Subjects	Elkhart County Fairgrounds, Elkhart County Jail, Elkhart County Sheriffâ€™s Department, Farm Bureau Credit Union (FBCU)

ID	10512
Title of Article	Genealogical Society moves, expands hours
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of ECGS staff
Date	October 16, 2004
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	10513
Title of Article	Genealogical Society moves, expands hours
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of ECGS staff
Date	October 16, 2004
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Fairgrounds, Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	2281
Title of Article	Heightened alertness for fairgrounds security
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	July 15, 2002
Page	A1
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	9831
Title of Article	More space coming to fairgrounds
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	October 12, 2000
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	39013
Title of Article	Elkhart County Fair Indiana
Notes	Midwest Living
Source	Other
Location	Elkhart County History File
Picture Caption	photos
Date	August 1, 1995
History #	367
Page	Vol. 9, Issue 4
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County 4-H Fair

ID	18084
Title of Article	New building should be ready before fair opens
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	May 12, 1994
Page	B3
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	18079
Title of Article	Portable restrooms for fair
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	June 10, 1993
Page	B8
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	18068
Title of Article	Fair Board gets update on utilities
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Photos
Date	July 28, 1991
Page	B5
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	81035
Title of Article	Two take over county ag jobs
Notes	Agriculture - Local envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Susan Kyle; Amy Lybarger
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Feb 07, 1991
Page	B1
Subjects	Ag Service Center, Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County Fair (see Elkhart County 4-H Fair), Agriculture

ID	18057
Title of Article	Fair was fantastic
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	July 29, 1990
Page	A1
Subjects	Elkhart County

ID	21242
Title of Article	Residents seek Tomchik resignation.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Photo
Date	October 2, 1988
Page	B1
Subjects	Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	21241
Title of Article	Health board gives Tomchik support.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Photo
Date	September 27, 1988
Page	B1
Subjects	Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	21240
Title of Article	Health staff in dispute.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Photo
Date	September 21, 1988
Page	B1
Subjects	Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	21239
Title of Article	Cheif environmentalist quits chemical panel.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	October 22, 1987
Page	B1
Subjects	Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	18052
Title of Article	Fair invites Hoosiers home
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	October 15, 1987
Page	B1
Subjects	Elkhart County

ID	18050
Title of Article	Fair looks ahead
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Photo
Date	August 13, 1987
Page	B2
Subjects	Elkhart County

ID	18047
Title of Article	Fair will charge first-night fee
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	April 9, 1987
Page	B2
Subjects	Elkhart County

ID	18045
Title of Article	County fair getting too big for the fairgrounds
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 12, 1986
Page	B1
Subjects	Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	18041
Title of Article	Fair a record-breaker (attendance at 370,000)
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	August 2, 1982
Page	9
Subjects	Elkhart County