55th
Anniversary Show Lake Region Pioneer Threshermen’s
Association
Sept. 5,6,7 2008 Dalton, Minnesota
Interstate 94-Exit 67 Go 2 miles North
on Co. Rd.35
The 2008 Lake Region Pioneer Threshing Show will be featuring:
Oliver and Cockshutt lines of Machinery & Equipment.
Fifty five years ago some neighbors wanted
to thresh the old way and now just look at what happened as time passed!!
Lake Region Pioneer Threshermen have a lot
of fun things for your entire family to see & do.
- Take a free ride on the train pulled by a World War I French
locomotive.
- See the largest operational Wheelock stationary steam engine
in the USA; it weighs 110 tons!
- The blacksmith shop is pouring castings with many old tools
in operation.
- Many model gas & hot air engines on display.
- See the antique woodshop using foot and lines-shaft power
to make items the “Old-Fashioned” way.
- Free entertainment on stage: Thurs., Fri., Sat. evenings
plus during the day.
- There are many displays for the homemaker to reminisce about.
- Many steam traction engines and large gas/oil engines will
be operating in addition to 100’s more tractor and machinery
displays.
- Bring your camera for Parades each day for antique cars
& trucks and tractors.
- See the new “Old Fashioned” Skelly gas station
with drive-thru service.
- Watch the “Blue Ox” and “Little Babe”
pulling sleds get tugged all over the track.
- Threshing each day plus sawmill, shingle mill and plowing
demonstrations are great to see.
- Take a look at the 4-sided wood planer in action.
- Sunday morning church services.
- There is a large flea market for the “shopper”
in all of us.
- Are you hungry for a Threshermen’s breakfast or dinner??
Lots of food for all.
- See the new memorial building with special exibits.
Come
see us the weekend after Labor Day at Dalton, Minnesota and have a great
family vacation! Exit 67 on I-94.
For feature info call Jerry Hanstad (Cockshutt) @ 218-589-8548, Al Fenner @ 320-594-2752,
Dana Schroeder for gas engine info @ 218-736-4352, Sue Hanstad for craft
information @ 218-589-8548, and Duane Henry for flea market info @ 218-770-0218.
Write for information to: LRPTA, P.O. Box 752, Dalton, MN 56324, USA
$1.00 will buy a chance to win a classic 1942 Oliver model 60 tractor on Sunday, Sept. 7th. @ 4 pm.
