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Steele County Free Fair is the largest county fair in Minnesota and welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. You'll discover a wide variety of events and attractions, and admission is free. After the first fair, no more fairs are recorded until 1871. The Civil War may have been the cause, according to historians. The fair was held at various locations throughout Owatonna from 1871 to 1917. In 1871, it was held on 40 acres of pasture land at the head of Main Street in eastern Owatonna. In 1918, the fair moved to its current 70-acre location. When the Minnesota State Fair was held in Steele County in 1883 and 1884, it made real history. Enormous groups stopped by sanctioned trains to partake in the fair. The fair's decision to become a free fair was made by 1927. Steele County Free Fair gives the best.