Editing Salem, Oregon (section)

===State fair and cherry festival===
[[File:1867 Oregon State Fair.png|thumb|left|Oregon State Fair 1867]]
Agriculture has always been important to Salem, and the city has historically recognized and celebrated it in a number of ways. In 1861, Salem was chosen as the permanent site of the [[Oregon State Fair]] by the Oregon State Agricultural Association.<ref name=Heine>Heine, Steven Robert [https://books.google.com/books?id=UY1bWuRoaswC&pg=PA130&dq=The+Oregon+State+Fair+Images+of+America&sig=0R6dJjCQh4mFCGyGqCB0XFTcpgs#PPP1, M1 ''The Oregon State Fair Images of America''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120071331/https://books.google.com/books?id=UY1bWuRoaswC&pg=PA130&dq=The+Oregon+State+Fair+Images+of+America&sig=0R6dJjCQh4mFCGyGqCB0XFTcpgs#PPP1, |date=January 20, 2016 }} Arcadia Publishing August 20, 2007</ref> Salem is nicknamed the "Cherry City", because of the past importance of the local [[cherry]]-growing industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salemhistory.net/commerce/cherries.htm |title=The Cherry City |access-date=August 5, 2007 |author=Lucas, Bill |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811051110/http://www.salemhistory.net/commerce/cherries.htm |archive-date=August 11, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> The first cherry festival in Salem was held in 1903 and was an annual event, with parades and the election of a cherry queen, until sometime after World War I. The event was briefly revived as the Salem Cherryland Festival for several years in the late 1940s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salemhistory.net/culture/cherry_festival.htm |title=Salem's Cherry Festival |access-date=August 5, 2007 |author=Hermann, Shirley |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928031427/http://www.salemhistory.net/culture/cherry_festival.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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