What You'll Find There
Expect livestock shows, FFA and 4-H competitions, carnival rides, live entertainment, local food vendors, and a fair in the Arkansas River valley between Fort Smith and the Ozark highlands.
Local Tips
Van Buren is the Crawford County seat adjacent to Fort Smith — the historic Van Buren downtown riverfront (the brick-paved Main Street is one of the finest preserved 19th-century commercial districts in Arkansas), the Drennen-Scott Historic Site, and the Arkansas River Trail provide excellent exploration opportunities.
The Fair
Van Buren is home to the Crawford County Fair, which is a September fair in the Arkansas River valley gateway of northwest Arkansas, celebrating the river trade, manufacturing, and Cherokee heritage of a county that sits at the mouth of the Arkansas River canyon where the river exits the Ouachita Mountains, with a historic downtown preserved from the steamboat era.
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