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The Great Roanoke Fair
Annual meetings of the Great Roanoke Fair have been
held in each September since 1903.
As Roanoke is centrally located in a rich agricultural
district and possesses splendid transportation facilities,
exceptional opportunities are afforded for assembling
at this point exhibits of all descriptions.
The race-course is conceded to be one of the finest
and fastest half-mile tracks in the South.
Southwest Virginia is famous for the fine breeds of
cattle raised, and the stock exhibited at these fairs
always attracts attention.
The apple exhibit is one of the most prominent
features, as some of the finest varieties of apples in the
world are raised in this immediate neighborhood.
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