Fair Detective Contest

Fair Detective Contest

FAIR DETECTIVE CONTEST

A Free Fun Fair Activity for Everyone. People visiting the Crawford County Fair can become a fair detective! All fair attendees can participate in the “Crawford County Fair Detective” activity by visiting 14 stations all over the fairgrounds.  Participation is free for all youth and adults attending the Fair.  Pick up a special map and find out interesting facts about AGRICULTURE, one of Pennsylvania’s leading industries! Picking up the map and visiting stations, finding out about that specific farming commodity, and getting a key word from each station are just part of the fun. Activity participants will learn new things about agriculture and make connections about the importance of farming. 

Ready to participate? The contest runs daily, Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Maps are located throughout the fairgrounds and at the fair office. Follow the instructions on the map to visit the different stations then return it to the Fair Office, the Dairy Princess station in the Dairy Complex, or the Apiary display (beekeeping) in Home Show Building #2.  The fair detective is fun for all ages. The three age categories for prizes include:  children, teens and adults.  Daily prizes will be drawn each evening from the maps which are turned on that day. On Saturday of fair at 11:00 a.m. the Fair Detective Contest Grand Prize Drawing will be held in the Youth Show Arena.  All the completed maps turned in throughout the week are eligible for the grand prize drawing. Only one map per person each day will be accepted.

Daily prizes include themed gift baskets and prizes from different associations, businesses and individuals, and loaded for school backpacks (we should have restaurant gift certificates and gas cards for older participants).  One grand prize will be given for each of the three age categories.  

Stations for 2025 include: * collection sites

• Apiary (Beekeeping) in the Home Show 2 Building* 
• Crawford County Dairy Princess* Alpaca Tent near gate 1
• Draft Horse Area (announcers booth between the ring & Draft Horse Barn 3)
• Northwestern Maple Syrup Association (Grant St past the Grandstand)
• Farm Service Agency in Home Show 2
• Grange in Exhibit Building 2
• Dairy Parlor Area
• Rabbit Barn
• Sheep Barn
• Swine Barn
• Dairy Goat Barn
• Poultry Barn
• Fair Office 

The activity is being organized by Vorisek’s Backyard Bee Farm, the Crawford County 4-H  and the Farm Service Agency along with many donors from the community.

Thank you to Our 2024 Grand Prize Donors!

• American Crop Insurance
• West LLC
• Crawford County Fair Board
• Farm Service Agency
• Vorisek’s Backyard Bee Farm

Thank You to Our 2024 Prize Basket Donors!

• Crawford County 4-H Clubs
• Crawford County Dairy Princess
• Crawford County Granges
• Forest Glen Alpacas   
• John McMillan-Rabbit
• Northwestern Maple Association
• Vorisek’s Backyard Bee Farm  
• Taylor’s Doughboys     
• Erie Bank Nationwide Insurance – Jeff Quinn  
• Representative Brad Roae
• Senator Michelle Brooks    
• Farm Service Agency  
• American Crop Insurance West LLC
• Crawford County Fair Board