Photos: As afternoon fades to evening, the State Fair glows

The Simpsons take a picture with a patrol horse.
Jim Simpson takes a photos of his son, Max and wife, Peg with Marc Asch and his horse, Jack. "He's the best on patrol," Asch said. He and Jack have been together for 16 years, and part of the fair's mounted patrol for 2 years.
Evan Frost | MPR News

As the daylight fades, the mood of Minnesota State Fair changes, bringing the feeling that summer is fading as well. It's the last weekend of the fair, and as Minnesotans judge it, the last weekend of summer.

Correction (Sept. 7, 2016): An earlier version of this story misstated the length of time Marc Asch and Jack have been working the mounted patrol.

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