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The Old Grandstand at Fairgrounds
Artist - Robert A. Powell
The old grandstand at the Hancock County Fairgrounds has been in use since the mid 1950's.
The land, just off Highway 1389, was sold to the Hawesville Lions Club by Paul Keown in the early '50s.
With the aid of volunteer labor, the Lions cleared the land and built the grandstand. Before this time, the fair was alternately held in Hawesville and Lewisport.
Many exhibits of baked and canned goods, arts and crafts, and even shocks of the tallest corn or the largest pumpkin are liable to be seen.
Beauty contest are held, from the baby show to the grand prize of all - Hancock County Sorghum Queen.
The largest(and perhaps most exuberant) crowds to gather in Hancock County are known to fill the old grandstand at Fair time.
The secluded - isolated look in this picture is how the grandstand appears to the visitor nearly three-fourths of the time. Though everyone will recognize the structure, their personal memories will no doubt be filled with some activity attended here.
Text is from the 'Hancock 29' booklet edited by Robert A. Powell ©1979
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Robert A. Powell of Frankfort, Kentucky
This artist-historian was born in the Bluegrass country of Kentucky and has spent his life there and in the foothills of Appalachia. After graduating from Kentucky Wesleyan College, he completed graduate work in communications. He has served as elementary teacher, high-school instructor in the areas of English, journalism, creative writing and art; has been an artist for television and daily newspapers and editor of Savant Magazine. He worked in the Kentucky Department of Education; was Director of Dissemination for KID Center (Title III) and was artist-in-residence for the Appalachian Regional Hospitals for several years. His series of scenes depicting historical Kentucky were carried weekly in more than 100 newspapers and periodicals.
Rap is a free-lance artist and writer, specializing in historical Kentucky. He keeps a demanding schedule of lectures, exhibits and personal appearances. He was selected as one of the original Kentucky Heritage Artist, was the first spokesman of the group and is currently the Executive Director.
Rap is Chairman of the Administrative Board, St. Paul United Methodist Church in Frankfort... Chairman of Education and teacher of an Adult Bible Studies class.
He has three published books, This is Kentucky,Kentucky Governors, and the official history text Kentucke: the story of a proud heritage. Rap is president of both Kentucky Images, Inc. and Goins Printing, Inc.
Text is from the 'Hancock 29' booklet edited by Robert A. Powell ©1979
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