1913 :: Milam County Fair

Rockdale, Tex., May 14. -- The Directors of the Milam County Fair Association held a meeting here and transacted much important business. A program as adopted and will be ready for publication following the report of the racing committee, which committee has been delegated to arrange for automobile races. A contract has been entered into calling for two airship flights on each of the three days of the fair. Steps were also taken for the purchase of land to be added to the park. The fair will be opened on Wednesday morning, July 9, with a street parade and will close Friday night, July 11, with an illuminated automobile parade. Dallas Morning News, May 15, 1913

1912 :: Milam County Fair Begins

Dallas Morning News, July 12, 1912. Rockdale, Tex., July 11. -- The fifth annual fair of the Milam County Fair Association opened here today under the most auspicious circumstances. The attendance is not less than 12,000 people today. The fair was opened with a monster street parade, more than half a mile in length, with dozens of gorgeously decorated floats, headed by the Queen and her ten attendants. A feature of the parade was more than 100 members of the Milam County Boys' Corn Club in double line, each boy carrying a large green cornstalk. The opening address at the pavilion was delivered by Judge E.B. Muse of Dallas. All exhibits are full. The agricultural display is particularly good this year, notwithstanding the fact that the season is several weeks late and the fair being held about a week earlier than usual. The corn exhibit is one of the most interesting ever shown in Central Texas. The stock arena and poultry pens are also well filled, and altogether the fair is the best ever held. About 100 race horses are here, and the card is particularly strong, with nearly $2,000 hung up in purses.