Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. 381 omitted for the first time since the Civil initial steps were taken by the Board at itsannual meeting in Springfield, in January of thatyear, looking to the permanent location of theFair; and, at a meeting of the Board held in Chi-cago, in October following, formal specificationswere adopted prescribing the conditions to be metin securing the prize. These were sent to citiesintending to compete for the location as the basisof proposals to be submitted by them. Responseswere received from the cities of Bloomi
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. 381 omitted for the first time since the Civil initial steps were taken by the Board at itsannual meeting in Springfield, in January of thatyear, looking to the permanent location of theFair; and, at a meeting of the Board held in Chi-cago, in October following, formal specificationswere adopted prescribing the conditions to be metin securing the prize. These were sent to citiesintending to compete for the location as the basisof proposals to be submitted by them. Responseswere received from the cities of Bloomington,Decatur, Peoria and Springfield, at the annualmeeting in January, 1894, with the result that,on the eighth ballot, the bid of Springfield wasaccepted and the Fair permanently located atthat place by a vote of eleven for Springfield toten divided between five other points. TheSpringfield proposal provided for conveyance tothe State Board of Agriculture of 155 acres ofland—embracing the old Sangamon County FairGrounds immediate
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