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Del Mar Fairgrounds – The Beer Gardens

A Mac Meda founders sharing a good time at the Del Mar Beer Gardens: L to R, Fat Art (RIP) Pattie Brewer, Jack MacPherson, Dave Osborn, Bob Okey. Photo by Gerie Osborn.

In 1880, a group of San Diegans organized an agricultural Fair to bring county farmers together to share ideas, see who had the best citrus fruit, who baked the best pie, and who had the fastest horse. By the 1930s, faced with fairs that struggled each year for survival, voters approved pari-mutuel racetrack betting to help fund the state’s agricultural fairs. In 1936, the 22nd District Agricultural Association bought land at the mouth of the San Dieguito River for a county fairgrounds, and with that said, by 1984 it became one of the Nation’s Largest Fairs. However …  Read more... (519 words, 2 images, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)