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Kline Creek Farm hosts 1890s version of a country fair

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Eniko Camberis, center, and her sister, Makena, right, try on old-fashioned hats while their mother Susan Camberis, left, takes their picture Sunday during the DuPage County Forest Preserve District's old-fashioned country fair at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago. The event gave people the experience of what an 1890s fair would have been like.

Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer

Kline Creek Farm staff member Amy Caponigro chats with DuPage County Forest Preserve District staff member Chris Gingrich by an old ice cream truck during the old-fashioned country fair Sunday at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago. The fair gave people the experience of what an 1890s fair would have been like.

Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer

Famed 'gun spinner' Garret Popek, of Wisconsin, demonstrates fancy pistol handling during the old-fashioned country fair Sunday at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago.

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Kate Garrett, a heritage interpreter at Kline Creek Farm, waits for folks to stop by and see old-time snacks and other items during Sunday's old-fashioned country fair at the farm.

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Kelly Lenza, of St. Charles, demonstrates butter making the way it was done in the 1890s during the old-fashioned country fair Sunday at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago.

Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer

Visitors enjoyed horse-drawn hayrides during the DuPage County Forest Preserve District's old-fashioned country fair Sunday at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago.

Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer

Keith McClow shows visitors around from a high vantage point during the DuPage County Forest Preserve District's old-fashioned country fair Sunday at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago.

Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer

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The DuPage County Forest Preserve District held an old-fashioned Country Fair at its Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago. The event included animals, a medicine show and other stuff you might see at a country fair in the 1800s.
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    • Eniko Camberis, center, and her sister, Makena, right, try on old-fashioned hats while their mother Susan Camberis, left, takes their picture Sunday during the DuPage County Forest Preserve District’s old-fashioned country fair at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago. The event gave people the experience of what an 1890s fair would have been like.
    • Kline Creek Farm staff member Amy Caponigro chats with DuPage County Forest Preserve District staff member Chris Gingrich by an old ice cream truck during the old-fashioned country fair Sunday at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago. The fair gave people the experience of what an 1890s fair would have been like.
    • Famed ‘gun spinner’ Garret Popek, of Wisconsin, demonstrates fancy pistol handling during the old-fashioned country fair Sunday at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago.
    • Kate Garrett, a heritage interpreter at Kline Creek Farm, waits for folks to stop by and see old-time snacks and other items during Sunday’s old-fashioned country fair at the farm.
    • Kelly Lenza, of St. Charles, demonstrates butter making the way it was done in the 1890s during the old-fashioned country fair Sunday at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago.
    • Visitors enjoyed horse-drawn hayrides during the DuPage County Forest Preserve District’s old-fashioned country fair Sunday at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago.
    • Keith McClow shows visitors around from a high vantage point during the DuPage County Forest Preserve District’s old-fashioned country fair Sunday at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago.
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