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In September 1914, Springfield did not have a fairgrounds. There were no permanent exhibit halls, no livestock barns, no grandstand, and no long-established fair board with years of experience behind it. What Baca County had instead was a town willing to become a fairground, a newspaper willing to champion the cause, and a county full of people determined to prove what their farms, ranches, schools, homes, and communities could produce. Let's start by painting a backdrop. Th