HISTORY

The Whiteside County Central Agricultural Society was formed May 28, 1872 in Morrison to "promote all the industrial pursuits of the county, especially the agricultural, horticultural, floricultural and mechanical interests and also the fine arts and domestic manufactures.

Usage has changed its name to Whiteside County Fair. The first elected officer's were A.M. Teller, Frank Clendenin, E.G. Toppling, Levi Fuller, James Wilson, H.F. Kellum, Geo. W. Mackenzie, John F. Demmon, Delos J. Parker, M.M. Potter, Joseph H. Marshall and Lucius H. Pratt. 

This has been the longest lasting fair of the four county fairs of Whiteside County.