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New England is a city in Hettinger County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 683 at the 2020 census. [3] New England was founded in 1887, predating all other settlements in Hettinger County by many years. The name recognizes that many early settlers were from the New England states of Vermont and Massachusetts. [5]
The first U.S. state fair was the New York, held in 1841 in Syracuse, and has been held annually since. [2] The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan , which ran from 1849 [ 3 ] to 2009. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The fair was revived in 2013 and has been held at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Michigan ever since.
Included below are the notable Renaissance, Medieval, and Fantasy fairs held in the United States. These include: any long running (20 plus years) fairs, and established fairs (5 plus years) that have a two-weekend or more annual run. Generally, U.S. renaissance fairs are open weekends only (including holidays) during the periods indicated.
The Wells County Fairgrounds in Fessenden, North Dakota was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The listing included 18 contributing buildings and one other contributing object on 35 acres (14 ha). [1] It includes a horse barn and many other individual features. [2]
Amidon (/ ˈ æ m ɪ d ɒ n / AM-i-don) is a city in and the county seat of Slope County, North Dakota, United States. [5] Amidon was the smallest incorporated county seat at the 2000 census. When the 2020 census reported its population as 24, [3] it became the second-smallest incorporated county seat after Brewster, Nebraska, with a population ...
Named because it was created upon the division of Williams County 2,135: 1,259 sq mi (3,261 km 2) Dunn County: 025: Manning: 1883: John P. Dunn (1839-1917), an early civic leader of Bismarck, who opened the first drugstore in North Dakota 4,019: 2,010 sq mi (5,206 km 2) Eddy County: 027: New Rockford: 1885
The fair promoted on a period post card, c. 1930–1945. The first Eastern States Exposition occurred in October 1916 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, and was called the Eastern States Agricultural and Industrial Exposition. All six New England states, plus Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, participated. [3]
In 1894, the county seat was transferred to Fessenden from Sykeston, North Dakota [6] and the Wells County Courthouse was built the next year. It was named for ex-Surveyor General Fessenden, who had surveyed the county. [7] Fessenden Auditorium building on Main Ave. between Railway Street South and 1 Street South has collapsed on July 3, 2007.