Lecture on Agricultural Fairs and LaSalle Carnivals

LaSalle PRIDE, Inc. will present a lecture on Agricultural Fairs and LaSalle Carnivals at 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 1, 2014 in the second floor meeting room of the LaSalle Library, 8728 Buffalo Avenue. Teresa Lasher Winslow, an authority on the history of the former Village of LaSalle will present a power point presentation of the beginnings of the county’s Agricultural Fair and the beloved LaSalle Carnivals.

LaSalle, once a part of the Town of Niagara, became an official Village in 1897, until it was annexed into the City of Niagara Falls in 1927. As an agricultural area in the Town of Niagara, LaSalle hosted Agricultural Fairs on the former Tompkins Brick Works property on 91st Street between Frontier and Read starting in 1912. When the agricultural fairs moved to Lockport, the Village continued with the annual LaSalle Carnival in Jayne Park on Cayuga Island until the 1970s. Today, a small version of the carnival continues at St. John de LaSalle R.C. Church each June.

These events were very special for four generations of LaSalle residents. Former and present LaSalle residents and the public are encouraged to attend and bring photographs and other memorabilia which can be scanned and returned to the owners.

The History Committee of LaSalle Pride, Inc. is hosting a series of lectures on the neighborhoods, waterways, schools and other historical topics throughout 2014. For more information on either of these please call (716) 283-3295 or (716) 425-4005.