Mower County Fair Virtual Tour
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A glimpse of history.
The mower county fair is among the many covid casualties this summer.
The event usually brings thousands to the fairgrounds.
But now folks can participate in a vitural tour.
Kimt news 3's maleeha kamal has the story.
Look live: all this week the mower county historical society is hosting virtual tours for the public.
Sot: this would normally be fair week when we have the most visitors coming to the site.
That's randall forster with the mower county historical society.
He says mower county is filled which rich history.
Even though the county fair has been canceled forster says it doesn't mean tours have to stop.
After brain storming the historical society concluded why not move the tours to the internet.
"its been a lot of fun to come up with the different ideas and what we wanted to broadcast each day.
So tomorrow we will be broadcasting from the headquarters building and a local historical will be there.
He specializes in world war i and world war ii he is going to be talking and then on friday we will be featuring the christ episcopal church here.
Look live: you can catch the tours on the mower county historical society facebook page forster says those interested can still book a private tour if a more of an indepth look into mower counties history is desired.