How the Ferris Wheel Was Born, Part III
(Our fair hero *pun!* has his 'Ferris Wheel' design accepted and gets to work on actually creating his dream machine.) George Washington Ferris' [...]
Part II of Ferris’ Wheel
As with a worrisome number of history’s attributions, George Washington Ferris was not the first person to build a rotating wheel for people [...]
Hop on the Ferris Wheel!
For the World’s Fair of 1893, Chicago planners desperately wanted something to compete with the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower had been standing [...]
State Fair opens Friday!
In celebration, we have a guest writer, LiveFreeOrPie, celebrating the art deco buildings at the State Fair of Texas. Whoop, whoop, y'all! Fair [...]
State Fair Month in full effect!
1893 World's Fair gave us a lot of things that are now common fare. Possibly included in those: Diet carbonated soda. Quite a [...]
State Fair Celebration Continues!
Do you remember that one year when all anyone ever talked about was how amazing and innovative and delicious Pabst Blue Ribbon beer [...]
More celebratory State Fair goodness!
In celebration of the Texas State Fair opening later this month, you may be asking yourself: Hey, Greta, what other things did the [...]
The State Fair and Corn Dogs!
In our Celebrate the Texas State Fair series, this post comes from a guest author! I know her as Stoney, but you can [...]
Fair Innovations!
In celebration of the State Fair of Texas opening this month, we are going to take a look at the mammoth Chicago World's [...]
State Fair of Texas is almost here!
All of my upcoming posts will be fair themed as the State Fair of Texas is set to start in just about three [...]