Wharton County Youth Fair 2013

The Wharton County Youth Fair and Exposition (WCYF&E) was organized in 1975 as a corporation for the promotion of educational programs and activities for the benefit of the youth of Wharton County who are interested in agriculture, livestock production, and associated industries. The purpose is to provide encouragement and assistance through scholarship to these individuals in order that they might achieve proficiency through higher learning and education.

The Wharton County Boy Builders Association was a group of businessmen that was formed to take on the responsibility for providing a venue for the youth of Wharton County to exhibit and sell their animal projects. This group was associated with the old Wharton Youth Fair until 1963, when the County Commissioners withdrew all monetary support for the fair. The fair closed and the property eventually became part of the Wharton County Junior College campus. The events and show were then held in the county barn in Pierce, Texas. The leadership of the Boy Builders Association set a goal of establishing a privately funded county fair.