This appears to be the area you are talking about. http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=37.19431&lon=-94.32746&datum=NAD27&s=50&size=l I was not aware of this fairgrounds. It is apparently different than Knells Park, which is reportedly on the south side of Spring River. Mike On 27 Dec 2005, [email protected] wrote: > >Your Carthage Fairgrounds photo is the Knell Fairgrounds located northwest of Carthage >near the quarry. It looks like the Buck Special photo was taken there too. I have >attached a couple of photos showing the fairgrounds. The young men standing on the car >may have been there to watch the "Buck Special" run! I also have an earlier postcard of >the fairgrounds that shows the grandstands without the dormers.