The Milton Fair

The Milton Fair began in 1885 and was held each fall as an annual event that soon became one of the largest in the state. Operated by the Milton Driving Park and Fair Association at the north end of Milton on the present site of Everitt's Fairground Golf Range, it was mainly an agricultural fair similar to the Bloomsburg Fair. Its substantial grounds included a horseracing track, grandstands, a specially designated railroad siding for passenger excursions and circus trains, rides such as Ferris wheels and sideshow attractions, and even paid biplane rides commonly called barnstormers. Other events included clay-pigeon shooting competitions. The fair ended in 1923 when fire destroyed the fairground buildings, and they were never rebuilt because of the economic hard times of the Great Depression; arson was suspected.

Milton, Pennsylvania · United States