The New Jersey State Agricultural Fair draws 30,000 people on its third day

Located in Union County, near Elizabethtown, the New Jersey State Fair enjoyed crowds of around 30,000 on its third day.  The gathering was treated to boys equestrian races, a ploughing contest, and a display of colt breaking from a horse tamer known as "Lone Star."  (By John Osborne)
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 "New Jersey State Fair," New York Times, September 16, 1859, p. 8.
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