“Jesse C. Ware acted as Chief Marshal, who with several assistants, caused every thing to be conducted systematically, so that the best order prevailed; and it was a noted fact that during the three days’ exhibition there was not an intoxicated man seen in town.

Ware was a physician by profession, one of the early settlers of Iowa, and took great interest in agricultural fairs.”

Reference Data:

Annuals of Iowa, Vols. 8-9, by Howe, Parvin, Lloyd, Huff, Aldrich, Historical Museum and Archives and State Historical Society, 1871, page 400