The Western Alaska Fair was started in Anchorage in 1924 and lasted until the 1929. M.D. Snodgrass of the Matanuska Valley was one of the organizers of that fair. Snodgrass, a retired experiment station employee, spent most of the last part of the 1920s recruiting settlers in the Matanuska Valley for the Alaska Railroad. He was also a founding member of the Northland Pioneer Grange No. 1 in Palmer. The Grange was established on April 26, 1935. Most of the 54 charter members were settlers who had been brought to Alaska by the Alaska Railroad. The Doo-Wah Riders are excited to return to Palmer, Alaska once again. The giant cabbage contest awaits ya'll!