138th Annual Columbiana Street Fair

The first Street Fair was held on Saturday, September 19, 1885, on Main Street in Columbiana, Ohio.  It Was headed by A. C. Bell, as President, E. S. Holloway, as Secretary, and Bertram Renkenberger as Treasurer.  Items were displayed along Main Street. Items of produce, livestock, and hand-made items were judged, and cash and other prizes were given for the best of the show.

In 1908 the Street Fair was taken over by the merchants of Columbiana, being held on Main Street on Saturday as a one-day event.  In 1920 the Benjamin Firestone Post #290 of the American Legion took over the Street Fair maintaining the same flair but changing to a three-day event, adding more events over the years.

 By the 1937 the fair took on the shape of what it s today, a 1/4 miles midway with rides, games, music, good food, prizes, arts, and crafts.

In 1943 the American…