Puyallup Fair - 2013 Washington State Fair - Visitor Guide

By Angela Brown, About.com Guide

• The official name is now the Washington State Fair; the "Puyallup Fair" is the name most people use.
• The "Western Washington Fair Association," which runs the Puyallup Fair, is a non-profit organization, totally self supporting and receives no government subsidies.
• The Puyallup Fairgrounds cover more than 160 acres of exhibition space and parking lots.
• The name 'Puyallup' comes from two words in local Indian dialect that mean friendly people.
• In 2011, over 1.2 million scones were sold.
• In 2011, there were over 160 food booths open during the fair.
• In 2008, over 1.1 million people visited the fall Puyallup Fair.
• The WWFA Scholarship Program has donated over $300,000 to 114 area students for continuing education since 1991.
• In 2000 the Puyallup Fair celebrated it's the 100th anniversary.
• During 1943 the Fairgrounds became a Japanese-Americans Internment Camp.

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