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1860
Dodgeville - Iowa County Agricultural Society
President: H. M. Billings
Vice President: Thomas Stephens, L.W. Joiner, Joseph
Roberts
Secretary: L.M. Strong
Treasurer: Richard Arundell
Dates: October 3, 4, & 5 1860 (Dodgeville)
Receipts: $913.75
Disbursements: $982.75
(Resource: History of Iowa County Wisconsin
1881.Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Company. Reproduction done
by Whipporwill Publications: Evansville, IN. Pg. 580).
Mineral Point- Industrial Art Union
Dates:
Interesting fact- First time they attempted a three
day fair versus a two day fair.
County War Seat 1860's "During the early
'60's (1860's) the struggle known as the county seat war (described
elsewhere) took place, and one thing is very apparent, that the moving
spirits of Dodgeville achieved a triumph as creditable to their
enterprise as it was advantageous to the north of the county."
(Resource: "Memoirs of Iowa County Wisconsin" Vol. 1, In 2
vol.. Edited by George and Robert Crawford. Published: Northwestern
Historical Association 1913. pg. 181).
_ County Seat brought Dirty Hollow and Minersville
together to form one community.- "As the rough assortment of
dwellings evolved from a mining camp into a village; stores, taverns,
groceries, and shops of all kinds vied for business. The amount of
commerce transacted in Dirty Hollow outpaced its rival settlement,
Dodgeville, until 1860's. After the Courthouse was built, activity
gradually shifted up the street to new and more spacious commercial
blocks along Iowa Street." ("Walking Tour of Historic
Dodgeville, Wisconsin". Dodgeville Historic Preservation
Commission. Published August 1995. 2nd half of feature #30)
1861
Dodgeville - Iowa County Agricultural Society
President: H.M Billings
Vice President: D. McFarland, William P. Ruggles, L.M.
Strong
Secretary: S.W. Reese
Treasurer: Samuel Hoskins
Dates: None recorded History of Iowa County 1881
Receipts: $580.70
Disbursements:$ 495.27
(Resource: History of Iowa County Wisconsin
1881.Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Company. Reproduction done
by Whipporwill Publications: Evansville, IN. Pg.580).
Civil War -"In 1861, the ominous cry of
"To Arms! To arms!" was wafted over the land, and came, with
its forbidding clangor, to arouse the energies and activities of the
citizens of Mineral Point" (Resource: History of Iowa County
Wisconsin 1881.Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Company.
Reproduction done by Whipporwill Publications: Evansville, IN. Pg. 697).
1862
Dodgeville - Iowa County Agricultural Society
President: L.W. Joiner
Vice President: John Ellwood, John B. Terry, G.C.
Meigs
Secretary: S.W. Reese
Treasurer: S. Hoskins
Dates: September 17, 18, & 19, 1862 (Dodgeville)
Receipts: None listed
Disbursements: None listed
(Resource: History of Iowa County Wisconsin
1881.Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Company. Reproduction done
by Whipporwill Publications: Evansville, IN. Pg.580 ).
1863
Dodgeville - Iowa County Agricultural Society
President: L.W. Joiner
Vice President: John Ellwood, J. McFarland,, Francis
Little
Secretary: R. Arundell
Treasurer: Samuel Hoskins
Dates: September 23, 24, & 25, 1863 (Dodgeville)
Receipts: $511.50
Disbursements: $ 394.88
(Resource: History of Iowa County Wisconsin
1881.Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Company. Reproduction done
by Whipporwill Publications: Evansville, IN. Pg.580).
General Committee of the Iowa County Agricultural
Society:
Alexander McCutchin, Arena
Chas. Hope, Dodgeville (Village)
G.W. Standart, Dodgeville (Town)
John Lemon, Highland
Francis Little, Linden
Caleb Sylvester, Mifflin
Harker Spencely, Mineral Point (Town)
Jas. Argall, Mineral Point (City)
W. Robinson, Moscow
O.P. Underwood, Pulaski
Joseph Roberts, Ridgeway
A.B. Ferris, Waldwick
Isaac H. Fann, Wyoming
(Source; Newspaper article, "Iowa County
Fair" September 25, 1863)
1864
Dodgeville - Iowa County Agricultural Society
President: James Toay
Vice President: John Ellwood, James McFarland, John
Adams
Secretary: J.A. Slye
Treasurer: Samuel Hoskins
Dates: October 13, 14, & 15, 1864
Receipts: $834.62
Disbursements: $ 617.64
(Resource: History of Iowa County Wisconsin
1881.Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Company. Reproduction done
by Whipporwill Publications: Evansville, IN. Pg.580 ).
1865
Dodgeville - Iowa County Agricultural Society
President: James Toay
Vice President: L.M. Strong, William P. Ruggles, John
Ellwood
Secretary: Richard Arundell
Treasurer: Samuel Hoskins
Dates: September 29 & 30, 1865
Went back to a two day fair versus a three day fair.
Have had a three day fair for the past four years (1860-1864)
(Resource: History of Iowa County Wisconsin
1881.Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Company. Reproduction done
by Whipporwill Publications: Evansville, IN. Pg. 580).
August 23, 1865 has a newspaper article stating this
is the 10th annual fair held in Dodgeville and it also list
the constitution of the "Iowa County Agricultural Society".
1866
Dodgeville - Iowa County Agricultural Society
President: George W. Standardt
Vice President: W.J. Bennett, L.M. Strong, John
Ellwood
Secretary: Henry Dunstan
Treasurer: Samuel Hoskins
Dates: October 2 & 3, 1866
Receipts: $757.39
Disbursements: $ 543.47
(Resource: History of Iowa County Wisconsin
1881.Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Company. Reproduction done
by Whipporwill Publications: Evansville, IN. Pg. 580).
1867
Dodgeville - Iowa County Agricultural Society
President: John Ellwood
Vice President: Robert Wilson, A.J. Slye, Richard
Arundell
Secretary: Henry Dunstan
Treasurer: Samuel Hoskins
Dates: October 2 & 3, 1866
Receipts: $1,518.05
Disbursements: $1,518.05
(Resource: History of Iowa County Wisconsin
1881.Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Company. Reproduction done
by Whipporwill Publications: Evansville, IN. Pg.580).
The first year records that the fair gave out in
disbursements the same amount they brought in as receipts. In 1859 &
1860 the fair reports paying out more money in disbursements than they
received in receipts. However, all other years reported up to this point
shows that more money was earned in receipts than what was paid out in
disbursements.
_ The State Legislature created the office of Treasury
Agent to enforce the "Hawkers and Peddlers" Law (ch. 176, Laws
of 1867). (Resource: "Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade
and Consumer Protection, A History", training manual, published in
2002. Pg. 12).
1868
Dodgeville - Iowa County Agricultural Society
President: John Ellwood
Vice President: Robert Wilson, Charles Hope, Richard
Arundell
Secretary: Orville Strong
Treasurer: Samuel Hoskins
Date: September 22, 23, & 24, 1868
Receipts: $1,104.23
Distributions: $869.13
(Resource: History of Iowa County Wisconsin
1881.Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Company. Reproduction done
by Whipporwill Publications: Evansville, IN. Pg.580).
1869
Dodgeville - Iowa County Agricultural Society
President: John Ellwood
Vice President: S.W. Joiner, H. W. Jones, Chris Nelson
Secretary: Orville Strong
Treasurer: Samuel Hoskins
Date: September 22,23 & 24, 1869
Receipts: $1,104.23
Distributions: $ 869.13
(Resource: History of Iowa County Wisconsin
1881.Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Company. Reproduction done
by Whipporwill Publications: Evansville, IN. Pg.580 ).
Interesting fact that the receipts and the
distributions were the exact same down to the penny from the previous
year.
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