LAKEPORT >> The Lake County Library’s free lecture series Know Lake County will feature the Lake County Fair on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Lakeport branch of the Lake County Library.
Debbie Strickler, the chief executive officer of the Lake County Fair will be the guest speaker. Strickler’s program will cover a brief history of fairs in Lake County, and she will discuss opportunities to enter exhibits in the fair, how to enter exhibits and will distribute contest premium handbooks. The 2016 Lake County Fair will take place Sept. 1-4. The website for the fair is lakecountyfair.com.
Fairs in Lake County go back to 1880 when the first was held in Grantsville, now known as Lower Lake. Fairs were held sporadically over the years until the 49th District Agricultural Association was formed in 1938. The locations have varied over the years before getting the Martin Street location in 1947.
The fairgrounds expanded several times during the 1950s and 1960s until reaching the current configuration. Fairs have happened almost every year, except during World War II, when no fair was held.
Lake County PEG TV records the Know Lake County presentations for re-broadcast on PEG TV Channel 8 and on lakecountypegtv.org. The presentations are also available on DVD to check out from the Lake County Library.
The Lake County Library is on the Internet at http://library.lakecountyca.gov and Facebook at Facebook.com/LakeCountyLibrary.
The library is located at 1425 N. High St. in Lakeport. For more information about Know Lake County and other library programs call 263-8817.
