The Cole County Fairgrounds, before the Civil War, were southeast of the city limits. What today is the tree-lined Wagner subdivision was once the site of community picnics, Independence Day and Emancipation Day celebrations and horse racing.
The major league baseball season of 1927 will always be remembered for the New York Yankees of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and its "Murder's Row" of hitters.
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