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Greenville's North Texas Fair sought to improve people's lives

Hunt County Historical Commission

Hunt County Historical Commission chairman Carol Taylor says Greenville's North Texas Fair, held on the property now partly occupied by the Greenville YMCA, was a major regional event in the early part of the 20th Century.  The fair sought not just to entertain but to educate, with events such as the "Better Babies Contest."

John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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