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Old Fair Grounds
At the turn of the 19th Century, the
Kansas State Fair Grounds were located south of Levy (now Mt. Vernon) along the
Arkansas River and at the end of the streetcar line. The Wichita Jobbers played
here until 1912 when a baseball field was established on Ackermann's Island just
north of the Douglas Avenue Bridge.
According to the book,
Wichita Century, "In September of 1894 there were 220 horses entered in the
Kansas State Fair races and in 1896 there were 100 race horses wintered at the
Kansas State Fair Grounds."
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Cattle barn |
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Race Track
1908 |
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Swine pens |
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Baseball Park |
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1888 Map of Fairgrounds |
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