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George Graham Curry helped found South Florida Fair; Yesteryear Village preserves county buildings
Summary
Historian Janet Naughton described George Graham Curry as a civic entrepreneur who helped start the South Florida Fair and developed neighborhoods; Yesteryear Village at the fairgrounds preserves relocated historic buildings as a living-history site.
Janet Naughton said George Graham Curry was an early civic entrepreneur who helped build West Palm Beach and started what is now called the South Florida Fair. "He...started what today we call the South Florida Fair," Naughton said, and she described Curry as a developer, mayor and creative figure who lived on Curry Crescent and coined the phrase "Where Prosperity Beckons."
Naughton said the fair began as a town event for produce, ponies and local exhibits and later moved to the fairgrounds known today. She described Yesteryear Village at the South Florida Fairgrounds as "a unique, what you would call, like, a living history complex," explaining that the site brings together original county buildings—an old church, a fire department, a schoolhouse and other structures—so visitors can experience a reconstructed main street and demonstrations such as horseshoeing.
The podcast account notes the fair's origins in town and its growth over time; it did not provide a timeline for when each move occurred or a full institutional history of fair governance.
