The very first Garrett County Fair was held in 1917 in the Naylor Building on Third Street in Oakland on the lot between that building and Center Street.

Several years of bad weather during fair week resulted in financial losses, and the 15th annual Garrett County Fair, Sept. 15-18, 1932, was the last until 1957.

Meetings were held early in 1954 to again organize a Garrett County Fair. H. G. Gortner, Allen S. Paugh, Sr., Walter DeBerry, Baity Ridder and then County Extension Agent John Carter were among those instrumental in working out details for the first Garrett County Agriculture Fair Inc., which was held Aug. 13-17, 1957, on the property of Charles H. Bowman near Deep Creek Lake, where the present Fair is held.

In Operation: YES

Start Date: 1/6/1957