Fair Detective Contest
FAIR DETECTIVE CONTEST
A Free Fun Fair Activity for Everyone. People visiting the Crawford County Fair can become a fair detective! All fair attendees can
participate in the “Crawford County Fair Detective” activity by visiting 14 stations all over the fairgrounds. Participation is free for all youth
and adults attending the Fair. Pick up a special map and find out interesting facts about AGRICULTURE, one of Pennsylvania’s leading industries!
Picking up the map and visiting stations, finding out about that specific farming commodity, and getting a key word from each station are just part of the
fun. Activity participants will learn new things about agriculture and make connections about the importance of farming.
Ready to participate? The contest runs daily, Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Maps are located throughout the fairgrounds and at the fair
office. Follow the instructions on the map to visit the different stations then return it to the Fair Office, the Dairy Princess station in the Dairy Complex, or
the Apiary display (beekeeping) in Home Show Building #2. The fair detective is fun for all ages. The three age categories for prizes include: children,
teens and adults. Daily prizes will be drawn each evening from the maps which are turned on that day. On Saturday of fair at 11:00 a.m. the Fair
Detective Contest Grand Prize Drawing will be held in the Youth Show Arena. All the completed maps turned in throughout the week are eligible for the
grand prize drawing. Only one map per person will be accepted.
Daily prizes include themed gift baskets and prizes from different associations, businesses and individuals, and loaded for school backpacks (we should
have restaurant gift certificates and gas cards for older participants). One grand prize will be given for each of the three age categories.
Stations for 2026 include: * collection sites
- Apiary (Beekeeping) in the Home Show 2 Building*
- Dairy Parlor Area
- Crawford County Dairy Princess*
- Rabbit Barn
- Alpaca Tent near gate 1
- Sheep Barn
- Draft Horse Area (announcers booth between the ring & Draft Horse Barn 3)
- Swine Barn
- Northwestern Maple Syrup Association (Grant St past the Grandstand)
- Dairy Goat Barn
- Farm Service Agency in Home Show 2
- Poultry Barn
- Grange in Exhibit Building 2
- Fair Office
The activity is being organized by Vorisek’s Backyard Bee Farm, Crawford County 4-H and the Farm Service Agency along with many donors from the
community.
Thank you to Our 2026 Grand Prize Donors!
- Jim Stinson and Bob Roberts for American Crop Insurance
- Crawford County Fair Board
- CED Erin M Blood for Crawford County Farm Service Agency
- Vorisek’s Backyard Bee Farm
Thank You to Our 2026 Prize Basket Donors!
- Crawford County 4-H Clubs
- Crawford County Dairy Princess
- Crawford County Granges
- Forest Glen Alpacas
- John McMillan-Rabbit
- Northwestern Maple Association
- Vorisek’s Backyard Bee Farm
- Taylor’s Doughboys
- Erie Bank
- Nationwide Insurance – Jeff Quinn
- Representative Brad Roae
- Senator Michelle Brooks
- Crawford County Fair Board
- Jim Stinson and Bob Roberts for American Crop Insurance
- CED Erin M Blood for Crawford Farm Service Agency