Tourist Office
Rosholt Elementary School
Rosholt, Wisconsin, USA

Portage County Fair

The Rosholt Fair first began in the year of 1921. It fstarted when the local organizations held a picnic at the Hill Park. Later the picnic was named the Farmers – Merchants picnic and it was held on Labor Day. It is now called the Official Portage County Fair. The fair is a youth fair. Youth from the 4H club and the Future Farmers of America exhibits animals they have raised. At the fair a big attraction is the Pioneer Museum. The Rosholt Fair has many cool things. Our Labor Day fair is held for 4 days. Some of the highlights are the parade which has up to 50 floats and features the Rosholt High School marching band. The fair also has music, stage shows, animals market sale, demolition derby, and a Labor Day 5k run. They also have a youth baseball team tournaments. Some of the food at the fair is hot dogs, ice cream bars, hamburgers, pie, elephant ears, monkey tails, cream puffs, candy, slushes, french fries, pickles, soda, corn dogs, cheese curds, and chinese food, and also a chicken dinner. The rides at the fair are the Ferris Wheel, Merry go round, Kitty Cars,  Tiltawhirl, Fairy Dragon, Scrambler, Round up, Octopus, Rock-o-planes. 

We interviewed Mrs. Norma Anderson, the vice president of the Rosholt Fair. We asked Mrs. Anderson a few questions. Here are our questions and answers:

• 1. "When did the Demolition Derby Start?" Answer: It started in the 1980's. 

• 2. "What were some of the rides in the old days?" Answer: "They were the Merrry-go-round, the airplane rides with real air planes over Rosholt Fair grounds, and Go-carts. 

• 3. What were some of the games? Answer: Trying to pop the balloons with a dart, Pick -a-duck, Go Fish, and the Stage Shows. 

The second interview was Mr.Miller, the manager of the FFA and the 4H. We asked him these three questions.

• 1. "What's the funniest thing that ever happened with the animals?" Answer: A pygmy goat ate a child’s display." 

• 2. "What was the scariest thing that ever happened with the animals?" Answer: When large animals run away with a child, and run though the fairgrounds with people in the way." 

• 3. "Do any of the animals die or get sick during the fair?" Answer: "Sometimes they get sick due to the stress of being in a new place and the weather." 

That is the interview from Mr.Miller.