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The Western Idaho Fair is the annual ''de facto'' state fair of Idaho. It has been held in the capital city of Boise virtually every late summer/early fall since 1897, and annually in the contiguous city of Garden City on the grounds of the Expo Idaho since 1967. The corresponding Eastern Idaho Fair is held in Blackfoot, Idaho. ==History== Western Idaho Fair's historical precursor was the Idaho Intermountain Fair, first held in 1897. As with many fairs of its era it was primarily an agricultural and livestock exhibition; sheep, cattle, horses and hogs were shipped to Boise from all over the West for the event.〔Hart 10 - Hart, Arthur A. Western Idaho Fair: A Centennial History. Boise. Joslyn & Morris Co., 1997.〕 In the spring of 1902, the fair association purchased of land on the present-day corner of Fairview and Orchard and moved the fair to that site.〔Hart 22 - Hart, Arthur A. Western Idaho Fair: A Centennial History. Boise. Joslyn & Morris Co., 1997.〕 This was also the year that the fair welcomed William S. Cody’s (a.k.a. Buffalo Bill’s) Wild West Show.〔Hart 27 - Hart, Arthur A. Western Idaho Fair: A Centennial History. Boise. Joslyn & Morris Co., 1997.〕 The fair of 1913 included its first full-fledged rodeo, called the Boise Stampede. This rodeo included the best livestock and contestants from other famous rodeos such as the Pendleton Round- Up and Cheyenne Frontier Days.〔Hart 30 - Hart, Arthur A. Western Idaho Fair: A Centennial History. Boise. Joslyn & Morris Co., 1997.〕 The fair's continuity suffered during the next two decades due to economic issues, war, changes in management, and a simple lack of interest. From 1913 to 1935, for example, the fair changed names five times, and wasn't even held in eight of those twenty-two years. In 1936 Ada County Commissioners appointed a Fair Board to organize a new Western Idaho State Fair. Ed Sproat was named fair manager at that time and after a successful 1936 fair a gift of $1,000 was given to him for a “job well done.” This was the first time any money had been given to the fair volunteers.〔Hart 54 - Hart, Arthur A. Western Idaho Fair: A Centennial History. Boise. Joslyn & Morris Co., 1997.〕 In 1967 the growing fair was moved to its current location at 5610 Glenwood Ave., on the corner of Chinden Blvd. and Glenwood Ave. in Garden City, and its named changed to the Western Idaho Fair. Bob Lorimer, Idaho Statesman reporter and agricultural columnist for many years, wrote, “Even the name is new – and so is everything else except familiar faces and tradition.” 〔Hart 60 - Hart, Arthur A. Western Idaho Fair: A Centennial History. Boise. Joslyn & Morris Co., 1997.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Western Idaho Fair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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