SANDWICH — The last fair of the season in New Hampshire, the colorful Sandwich Fair returns this long Columbus Day Weekend, Saturday-Monday, offering apple crates full of fall fun in one of the Granite State’s most picturesque villages.
The fair started out as an agricultural event that local farmers hoped would turn into an annual market day where they could trade and sell their cattle. In 1886, area farmers exhibited 184 yoke of oxen at the fair.
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