The Eden Corn Festival is a small fair held in the agriculture-based town of Eden. Eden is located in Erie County, New York, and has some of the most fertile and well-drained soils in New York State, allowing farmers to grow over 300 acres (121 ha) of corn annually, and produce more early corn than anyone else in upstate New York.
Read more about Eden Corn Festival: History, Years Following, 2008 Board of Directors
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—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)
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