And in Pacific NW Magazine of the printed Times on Oct. 13, 2024. The first Puyallup Valley fair in 1900 set the stage for today’s extravaganza. Irrepressible 66-year-old Lewis Alden Chamberlain barely slept a wink on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 1900. It was the eve of the first Puyallup Valley fair, which he’d been tirelessly promoting for months. All his efforts were on the line.