Events with a major impact on Parks, Recreation and Tourism

US Fairs and Expositions

1876 Centennial Exposition (Philadelphia)Celebrating 100 years of Independence

1884-05 Cotton Centennial Exposition (New Orleans)Celebrating the Centennial of the first export of American Cotton

World's Columbia Exposition of 1893 A major influence on design of US Parks and Recreation

The Trans-Mississippi Exposition (Omaha)

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis)Meet Me at St. Louis...

Hemisfair 68 (San Antonio World's Fair)