Steam Traction Archive
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January 1968
COBS FROM ELMER'S CORN CRIB FREE
Shenandoah Valley Steam and Gas Engine Assoc.
EARLENE THE SCHOOL MARM SAYS
The Elmer Schaeffer's journeyed to Berryville, Virginia for their banquet
COFFEE BREAK WITH KITTY
Mr. J. Lee Land trying to find out makers of small steam gas fired boilers
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Bunch of people are working very hard developing a wonderful show
STAY BOLTS
Howard Camp ever saw a stay bolt was probably in 1924
RET'ER GO
The mill was a Fisher & Davis No. 2, with a 40 inch saw
SHOW REPORT
The first steam show in Mt. Pleasant featured only fifteen engines
REUNION REPORT
The tenth annual Reunion was held in the Lloyd Seman woods
STEAM ENGINE SHOWS
Pioneer Harvest Fiesta, steam engine show in Fort Scott, Kansas
THE LADIES PAGE
One can't work very well if one can't walk ,. very well
GILDING THE LILY
But The Steam Still Runs Hot
Iron Man Of The Month
Frank McGuffin, Thresherman-Diplomat from over Washington, D.C. - way
THE GOLDEN ROLL
F. Nelson Blount was president and treasurer of Blount Seafood Corp.
KANSAS THRESHERMAN
Milford Nicholsan ran his first engine in 1912, a 10 H.P. Minneapolis
ARTICLE ON BOILER EXPLOSIONS
Old toilers will not explode any sooner than a new boiler
ANOTHER DAY DREAM
Inspect the guards and sections and make sure that they were right.
THE DAY WHEN AN AMERICAN-ABEL TRACTOR WAS DISABLED
The roads or trails those days were not too good
THE SMALLEST STEAM ENGINE ON EARTH
Smallest stationary engine ever constructed has been recently completed
FIFTY YEARS OF THRESHING
Neepawa wind-stacker was used to replace the straw carrier
A FRIENDLY LETTER
Mr. Russell Sommers always shows up with a well-kept Baker engine
HAPPY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST
Highlights of Patrick King's experience during a long association with steam traction engines
Some Stories Grandfather Told
Charlie Miller got a brand new N&S Red River Special in 1914
SEEING THE BEST Of ENGLAND
England has had two periods where the country was invaded many years ago
AND THE MUSIC GOES ROUND AND ROUND
The old fashioned Calliopes are almost extinct today
SEPARATORS. L.T.D.
Separators built by Eastern companies hardly met wheat belt conditions as a rule
STILL GOING STRONG
Anderson's threshing rig at work this fall out here at Cristin
PONDERING ON THE PAST
Little reminiscing back to the days gone by
POST CARD
Threshing Rig of 1880s was powdered by a Rubicon steam traction engine
FIFTY YEARS A THRESHERMAN
Case steam engine transporting kids around the city square
March 1968
EARLENE
Elmer has another great granddaughter Kim lives in Millerstown
COFFEE BREAK WITH KITTY
Bought a 20-28, 4 wheel drive Nelson tractor
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Case Steam Engine One that is similar to Mr. Fishers engine
THE KEYSTONE SKIMMER
The Keystone Model 4 Skimmer introduced in 1921
Iron Man of The Month
Cigar-chewing Iron Man his son and their two engines
OUR TRIP TO KENTUCKY
Tandem Advance a 30 cat and an old Hart Parr
PULLMAN CARS REMODELED
Baltimore might suspect that he was in the Chicago suburb of Pullman
The Ladies Page
The original recipe calls for 12 corncobs
STEAMBOATS
I.M.A. Mr. Earl Conklin seems to want steamboat articles
ELEVENTH ANNUAL REUNION OF TRI-STATE HISTORICAL STEAM ENGINE ASSOCIATION, INC.
Tri-state Historical Steam engine Association
STUMPTOWN STEAM THRESHERS CLUB, INC.,
5th Annual Reunion and Steam-up Show
THE REST OF THE STORY
Port Huron engine being towed by a new 15-30 tractor
SIXTY-TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE
Propelled combine and now the thresher and steam engine
SHOW REPORT
The 1967 Pioneer Harvest Fiesta.
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Blue River area farmer was killed in an automobile
One of These Days, He'll Have a Real Blast
Railroad went through our farm with its steam engines snorting
News release
Steam Power Club and Taylor Marshall owner and operator
THE JERKLINE AND IT'S USE IN THE FREIGHT LINE DAYS
The roads in the rugged mountains in Idaho were very crooked and rough
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA STEAM THRESHERS, INC.
Central North Steam Threshers
STEAM AT STONELICK
Miami River valley a small community called Stonelick
THE TRI-STATE-ANTIQUE ENGINE MEET
Antique Auto Club had a tour to Bird City Kansas
MY FINAL THRESHING RUN
Nichols Sheppard engine and a 32 inch Keck-Gonnerman thresher
FROM ALL THE GOOD CHOOSE THE BEST
Aultman-Taylor Threshing Machinery
A STORY TOLD TO ME BY AN OLD FIREMAN
Stories told my uncle who was a fireman on a Bufflo-Pitts steam engine
LONG LIVE THE QUEEN
Indications are that the boat now called the River Queen
CLUB NEWS
The semi-annual membership meeting of The Miami Valley Steam Threshers
BOOK REVIEW
Double Steam Cars
POST CARDS
20 Hp Sawyer-Massey built in 1926 and carries a Government Test
May 1968
COBS FROM ELMER'S
The New Florida Show seems to have come off with Flying Colors
EARLENE
Elmer, seems has to cut capers in January.
SOOT IN FLUES
Preliminary meetings before the big shows keep those Iron-Men interested and busy
COLLECTING RAMS ARE MY HOBBY
These collections sometime become quite elaborate and expensive
ENGINE HEAVEN
There were three or four hundred acres of engines there!
THEY GET ALL STEAMED UP OVER STEAM ENGINES
Arnott has been operating steam engines for 45 years on thrashers, saw milling
Iron Man Of The Month
Of Dayton Daily News And Radio's Joe's Journal
The Ladies Page
Country Echoes are floating to you from way down in Brownsville, Texas
THE GOLDEN ROLL
He was past president of The LaPorte Steam Show
SHOW REPORT
Worth Central Illinois Steam Power Show, INC. 1967
THE ROBINSON TRACTION ENGINE
The Robinson engine was known as the Corliss Conqueror
THE COUNTRY DEPOT
The quaint little depot stands there still
OBSTRUCTION IN THE FLUES
Won't write much this time as I must get back to my chores
THRESHING IN YEARS PAST
The engine was a large Case model 1903 or earlier. Also a large case thresher
REMARKS FROM RENNEWANZ
Mr. Johnson also touched on a discourteous attitude of some exhibitors of engines
STEAM MEMOIRS
The steam rig of owners were Charlie Brock and Tucker
FIRE AT SVOBODA'S
Svoboda also has collections of old cars, vehicle insignias, animated displays
STEAM IN THE BLOOD!
Tom is the gas engine enthusiast from Tigard, Oregon
POST CARDS
Nichols and Shepard Double Cylinder Engine was built in 1922
July 1968
EARLENE
Miriam and Charles Hope from Virginia were kind enough to share their lives.
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Lord knows that when the end comes everyone would like to have a friend.
FIFTY-THREE FIFTY-THREE YEARS OF PROGRESS or FIFTY-THREE YEARS TOO LATE
Moving of Sherwood Fox's 40 horse Case engine.
VIBRATOR HISTORY
Events Leading to the Founding of the Aultman & Taylor Co.
Iron Man Of The Month
Harold Baker is a stationary fireman in the old Troy Power Plant.
The Ladies Page
The beach birds were racing with the waves.
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Jackson served a 5 cents per hour apprenticeship to become a machinist.
OBSTRUCTION IN THE FLUES
Spring fever may interfere with Irene's work.
STEAM DOINGS!
The McCloud River railroad winds around the foot of beautiful Mt. Shasta.
Railroad
Mr. Baker was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
BIT ON THE BRYANT
Gaar-Scott was the best low pressure engine.
THE 1967 OLD TIME THRESHER AND SAW MILL OPERATOR SHOW
Percy Sherman of Palmyra WAS plowing at the 1967 Old Time Thresher Show.
STEAM WAS UP IN IOWA
Neil Miller Steam Engine Show was held at Alden, Iowa.
LOST THE YEAR OF 1967
The James River and Chesapeake Bay leading into the Atlantic Ocean.
STRUM STEAM DAYS
A real attraction at the Strum show was the Beef River Flyer steam train.
AN OLD THRESHERMAN'S DREAM
Separator was set on a level place and engine turned as if in a race.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU MAY FIND
The engine business saturated Deering from his childhood.
MORE DETAILS
LeRoy said the story about the boy who was tossed into the threshing machine.
POST CARDS
Milton made a model airplane of the monoplane type with two propellers.
September 1968
AN OLD BEAUTY
1880 Case Thresher was built for horse-power drive
EARLENE
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Miller and daughter, journeyed from Penna. to the show this year
GETTING UP STEAM WITH IRENE
Explosion in Big Prairie Township, Newago Co, Michigan in 1899
SOOT IN THE FLUES
The engine at the Franklin Institute is said to be an actual steam engine
INDIANS, GOLD STANDARDS, ELECTIONS AND ATTICS
Grandpa Rennie was a hard taskmaster, but never an unreasonable one
WITHOUT FLAIL
The show in 1967 was by far the largest and most spectacular
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Ceramic show with an excellent array of hand made things
The Ladies Page
Steaming pan is an inverted shallow metal pan, heavy, and large
Iron Man of The Month
Time out for young engineer, Jim Gibboney, to run up and help Papa Norman
PILLING PONDERS PAST
Geiser engine was in a shed beside a big haybarn full of dry hay
LARGE PORT HURON DOUBLE TANDEM COMPOUND STEAM TRACTION ENGINES.
Mr. Conner was the inventor of the Port Huron self-cleaning, non-jarring drive wheel
WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS IS A GOOD FIVE CENT CIGAR
Gary got 2 engines, and both have vertical boilers
MIGHTY MINNIE IN THE LITTLE MISSOURI
River and spring ice jam had done everything in their power to destroy the machine
Letter
Santa Fe Steam Locomotive No. 2913 now on display at Ft. Madison, Iowa
Postcards
Lawrence Walker travels far and wide in his search for new items
November 1968
EARLENE
The show on Jimmy Layton's farm in Maryland was quite a surprise
GETTING UP STEAM WITH IRENE
Williams Grove after getting there had a very good time watching the steam engines
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Elmer had a birthday on September 5 and is now the young age of eighty
I STILL LOVE STEAM ENGINES
Russell Traction engine would pull itself on the road, but it had no steering gear
MOHAWK MADE JEWELRY
The Whites went into the jewelry business in 1950
WE CAN'T LICK THEM
The remains of the cab, consisted of one lone roof rib; the rear platform, coal bunkers
HIGHLIGHTS
There were probably 50 small gas engines, grouped in one collection
5 Yrs. Building Engine
Five H.P. Steam Traction Engine is a free lance resembling a Port Huron simple cylinder
The Ladies Page
The Tom Thumb Carnival had the coolest place on the grounds
Iron Man Of The Month
Iron Man Nichols explains the beginnings of his love affair with Sassy Lady
THE VANISHING BREED
Square up the valves, take up the slack
RED RIVER VALLEY KERNELS
During the night there had been a heavy frost so the grain had all frozen down.
A THRESHERMAN'S LIFE
There is a little threshing done over across the river in Wisconsin
McLEAN COUNTY'S BRIDGE TRAGEDY
The elder Prewitt wanted to stop and brace the bridge
ROAD-LAWS
Sec. 1571 Road Laws of Iowa-Steam engines on roads
LYIN'- A-LITTLE
Here comes that bugger of a Flanagan up the road the biggest liar in the country
ENGINEERS EARLY MORNING
The engineer was the first one to crawl out of his soogans before daylight
MONTANA'S MINIATURE 'CANNON BALL'
The Miniature Train's engine is 15 feet 10 in. long, including the coal car
THE INJECTOR
Injector works because the velocity of steam is much greater than the velocity of water
Smith-Porter Portable Steam Engine
When the governor reach rod slipped, the engine would skip
BABBITT METAL
Babbitt metal is one of our most important bearing metals today
DAY OF THE MIDWEST THRESHERMAN
The midwest will strive to renew and revive
STEAM FROM AUSTRALIA
There were only four different makes of engines built in Australia
Postcards
Jackson Bridge is the largest single-span Covered Bridge in the U.S.A.