Rainbow Valley Grange continues fair participation

During preparations for the San Diego County Fair, Grange Fair Team Leader Ed Komski found an interesting piece of Grange history on the fair Web site’s history page. The very first San Diego agricultural fair, organized by National Ranch Grange #235, took place in National City in 1880. According to the Web site (www.sdfair.com): “The National Ranch Grange Society organized a precedent-setting event with just two months’ work and only volunteer labor. The purpose of the original extravaganza was to showcase agriculture. Examples of locally grown produce were abundant. Livestock exhibitions we...