About Kingsbury County Fair

The Kingsbury County Fair in De Smet celebrates the Little Town on the Prairie — De Smet is the Laura Ingalls Wilder town where her family homesteaded, and seven of her Little House books are set here, making it a major literary heritage destination alongside its corn and soybean farming.

What to Expect

Expect livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, grain exhibits, local food vendors, and a fair celebrating the literary and agricultural heritage of Laura Ingalls Wilder country.

Visitor Tips

De Smet Laura Ingalls Wilder home and sites draw visitors from around the world who grew up reading the Little House books. The Ingalls homestead and the Surveyor House are preserved. Silver Lake and the surrounding prairie lakes provide recreation.

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