Steele County Fair
Sunday, August 21, 2022
Our annual trek to the county fairs in Southeast Minnesota ends each year at the Steele County Free Fair in Owatonna, MN.
The Village of Yesteryear is a wonderful collection of old buildings taken from their original locations throughout Steele County and moved onto the fairgrounds as a historical display. Each year, during the county fair, the buildings are opened to the public and provide a great opportunity to look into the past of rural upper Midwest life.
Saco Church.
“The St. Wenceslaus Mission in Moravia Church was built in 1891 in the little community of Moravia, seven miles southwest of Owatonna.”
“The community of Moravia, known as Saco by the area’s local residents, also had a school and several residences nearby. The cemetery still remains across the road from where the church once stood.”
“It closed in 1952, and in 1962, the Sacred Heart Parish donated it to the Steele County Historical Society as the first building to begin the Village of Yesteryear. It came complete with all its furnishings.”
From the interpretive plaque on site.
Fujifilm X-Pro3 24mm, 1/30 sec, f/4, ISO 1250
The General Store and Post Office had these old mailboxes. I recall almost identical mailboxes in the old West Chazy, NY Post Office where I grew up.
Fujifilm X-Pro3 24mm, 1/60 sec, f/4, ISO 4000
Here are a collection of photos of the animals at the fair.
Fujifilm X-Pro3 24mm, 1/50 sec, f/4, ISO 1000
We have seen banded cows before, but never a banded goat!
Fujifilm X-Pro3 24mm, 1/50 sec, f/4, ISO 1250
Fujifilm X-Pro3 24mm, 1/125 sec, f/4, ISO 1600
Fujifilm X-Pro3 24mm, 1/60 sec, f/4, ISO 1250
Fujifilm X-Pro3 21mm, 1/60 sec, f/4, ISO 800
Fujifilm X-Pro3 21mm, 1/60 sec, f/4, ISO 1250
Fujifilm X-Pro3 21mm, 1/60 sec, f/4, ISO 1250
Fujifilm X-Pro3 21mm, 1/60 sec, f/4, ISO 640
Some interesting cabbage-looking things outside the cow barn.
Fujifilm X-Pro3 20mm, 1/2000 sec, f/8, ISO 800
