[[File:Wisconsin State Fair.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Wisconsin State Fair]]
[[File:Wisconsin State Fair.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Wisconsin State Fair in 2005]]
The '''Wisconsin State Fair Park''' is a fairgrounds and exhibition center in [[West Allis, Wisconsin|West Allis]], [[Wisconsin]], a suburb west of [[Milwaukee]]. It has been the location of the [[Wisconsin State Fair]] since 1892. The fairgrounds are open year-round, hosting various expeditions (many of them agricultural).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wistatefair.com/wsfp/about-us/|publisher=Wisconsin State Fair|title=About Us|accessdate=September 5, 2019}}</ref>
The '''Wisconsin State Fair Park''' is a fairgrounds and exhibition center in [[West Allis, Wisconsin|West Allis]], [[Wisconsin]], a suburb west of [[Milwaukee]]. It has been the location of the [[Wisconsin State Fair]] since 1892. The fairgrounds are open year-round, hosting various expeditions (many of them agricultural).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wistatefair.com/wsfp/about-us/|publisher=Wisconsin State Fair|title=About Us|accessdate=September 5, 2019}}</ref>
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The Wisconsin State Fair Park is a fairgrounds and exhibition center in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb west of Milwaukee. It has been the location of the Wisconsin State Fair since 1892. The fairgrounds are open year-round, hosting various expeditions (many of them agricultural).[1]
It also contains venues such as the Milwaukee Mile, the oldest continuously operating motor speedway in the world, and the Pettit National Ice Center, a U.S. Olympic training facility which is independently owned.
History
In 1891, the Wisconsin Agricultural Society purchased almost 100 acres (40 ha) of farmland from George Stevens, in what was then North Greenfield (Honey Creek settlement), in order to secure a permanent site for the Wisconsin State Fair. The fairgrounds later became a staging ground for Camp Harvey during the Spanish–American War and World Wars I and II. Two Wisconsin historical markers, which are positioned at the entrance of the Wisconsin Exposition Center, document this history for visitors.
The grounds of the State Fair, at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources park site, contain one of only two Indian effigy mounds remaining in Milwaukee County. (The other is located at Lake Park in Milwaukee.) Four pre-historic mounds originally populated the location, which were built by the Woodlands People from 100 to 1000 AD. They contained artifacts dating to 8000 BC, some of which can be found at the West Allis Historical Museum.
†= Team's stadium under construction or refurbishment at time 1 = A team used the stadium when their permanent stadium was unable to be used as a result of damage.