A longstanding county fair tradition in Iowa has been the queen contest.
Fair royalty is the county's best ambassador.
Snakenberg will represent Keokuk County at the Iowa State Fair Queen competition in Des Moines. For many 4-H and FFA ers, county fairs are their moment of truth the culmination of a year s hard work. It may mean finally earning exhibit honors for the state fair, getting penned up in the hog show, winning grand champion pie honors, or hearing that slap on the calf and a congratulatory handshake as a new grand champion market steer is selected. The county fair means different things for people, but it s a nostalgic and everlasting part of the farm family s life. Iowa Farmer Today staffers were out and about on July 14, capturing the sights of a few Iowa county fairs, and capturing what someday may be someone s perfect county fair memory.