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The Tanana Valley State Fair is an annual state fair held in College, Alaska, United States. The event commences on the first Friday in August, and is a major annual event in Interior Alaska. The fair is held on a hundred-acre plot of land just outside the city limits of Fairbanks, in the approximate center of College Road. The fairgrounds, along with portions of the Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge and surrounding businesses on the north side of College Road, comprise the eastern reaches of the College census-designated place adjacent to Fairbanks. It features amusement rides, food concessions, competitive exhibits, contests and live performances. As of the 81st Annual Fair in 2012, an adult day pass cost $10 and season pass cost $35. 〔("It's all pun and games at Tanana Valley State Fair" ) ''Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Reba Lean, May 4, 2012'' Retrieved on 25 July 2012〕 〔("Eclectic Fairbanks" ) ''Anchorage Daily News, Katie Kelley'' Retrieved on 25 July 2012〕 ==History== The Tanana Valley Fair was founded in 1924, making it the oldest state fair in Alaska. Experimental agronomist George William Gasser 〔("George W. Gasser" ) ''LitSite Alaska'' Retrieved on 24 July 2012〕 and local real estate businessman and homesteading farmer Harry Markley Badger were instrumental in forming the not-for-profit Tanana Valley Fair Association. From 1924 to 1951, the fair was held in various locations in downtown Fairbanks. All fairs since 1952 have been held at the current location, on land which the association originally leased from the University of Alaska. 〔(Tanana Valley State Fair History ) Retrieved on 24 July 2012〕 In 1936, the Matanuska Valley Fair formed in Palmer. It saw a name change in 1959 to the "Alaska State Fair" when Alaska was upgraded from a territory to a state in the United States of America. That same year, both fairs requested to be the "Official Alaska State Fair." Subsequently, the governor of Alaska determined the fairs would alternate the title with the Tanana Valley State Fair in Fairbanks using the title in even-numbered years and the Alaska State Fair in Palmer using the title in odd-numbered years. 〔(Alaska State Fair History ) Retrieved on 24 July 2012〕 〔("Looking back in Fairbanks — July 24" ) ''Fairbanks Daily News-Miner'' Retrieved on 25 July 2012〕 "Tanana Valley State Fair" was adopted as the permanent name of the fair in Fairbanks in 1985. The Alaska State Fair in Palmer is held annually for about two weeks around the beginning of August. The Southeast Alaska Fair is held in Haines for four days over the last weekend in July. There are also fairs in Ninilchik and Kodiak in late August and early September, with smaller fairs held in Delta Junction, Kenny Lake and Salcha.〔(Alaska's State Fairs ) Retrieved on 25 July 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tanana Valley State Fair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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