Double Platinum
Barsotti Family Juice Company
El Dorado County 4H Council
Doug and Peggy Milton
Jim and Maureen Carter
Platinum
Arnolds for Awards
Law Firm of Bowman and Associates
Gold
Best Western Plus Placerville Inn
Gary Hoel Construction
Silver
Camp Lotus
Double Diamond Tack & Feed
G & O Body Shop
Placerville Shakespeare Club
Subway Sandwiches – El Dorado Hills
Sun Ridge Systems, Inc.
Lake Oaks Mobile Home Community
Ed and Karen Schrick
Schools Financial Credit Union
Bronze
Dawson's Floor Fashions
El Dorado County Farm Bureau
Lyon Real Estate - Marilyn M. Goff
High Hill Ranch
Robert's Mobile Auto & Marine Repair
Rimrock Water Company
Slate Creek Animal Hospital
Al and Teddy Wolterbeek
On May 18, 1859, a group of county notables met to create the El Dorado Agricultural Society with a board of directors, bylaws, and a constitution. That September, the first Fair was held in Coloma. Among the founding group were Thomas Robertson, an attorney from Coloma; A. A. Van Guelder, also an attorney from Coloma; A. T. Taylor, a rancher from Placerville; Henry Larken from Diamond Springs, a candidate for County Clerk; J.M.B. Weatherwax of El Dorado; O. Farnsworth of Cave Valley; B. Harkness of Georgetown; Peter Wimmer, George Blanchard, Thomas H. Williams, and John Vanderheyden.
In the 1870s, the Agricultural Society transitioned into the 8th District Agricultural Association.
In 1883, a threat to hold the County Fair at Glenwood Park in Nevada City, where the DAA owned a premier racetrack and training facility, raised a huge uproar in El Dorado County. A citizen’s community group was formed and by 1884 a successful campaign returned the Fair to El Dorado.