Loudonville Street Fair

Description

Come Out and Enjoy! The Street Fair has always been a homecoming event; a time when those who had been reared in the community and had scattered to make their fortunes, returned to greet old friends. Early fairgoers from Shreve, Wooster, and Ashland traveled by horse and buggy. The Pittsburg-Chicago Railroad brought people from Shelby, Mansfield, Canton, and Coshocton areas.Newspaper accounts of the fairs typically used headlines like 'Best of All', 'Another Great Success', or 'Usual Fine Weather', but the weather did not always cooperate. In 1907, the fair was spoiled by a sudden and untimely heavy rain which soaked those in attendance. This prompted the Mansfield News to opine, 'From all indications it will be the last street fair for our neighboring town'. That newspaper no longer exists, but the Loudonville Street Fair is still going strong. Visit loudonvillestreetfair.com for more information