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January 1981
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Advance Rumely with special freighting wheels and a canopy
A SPECIALIZED SAWMILL
Army engineers were busy destroying fine Bottom Land with dams
Charcoal-iron, railroad car wheels and engine cylinder blocks
Bessmer system and the famous Pittsburgh area did not start until after 1860
Cover Artist
The world of James Brotherton embraces the farms and fields
Old Threshers At 31
31st reunion of the Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers Association
MEMORIES
Both the Mogul and Titan 10-20s came to farm to plow and thresh
THE RESTORATION OF AN AVERY
The Avery is owned by the Drummond brothers
Unclassified Photos
Unidentified or unlabeled photographs
NEW GUIDE TO FARM MUSEUMS
Americans and Canadians who wish to trace rural history through museums
NUTS ABOUT NUTS (and bolts, screws, etc.)
The problem is in the packaging
Pioneer Rushville Show
There was sawmilling with steam engines
THE GOLDEN ROLL
C. A. (ART) MILLER was a 30-year member of the National Threshers Association
POST CARDS
A fine steel plate engraving made in 1899
March 1981
SOOT IN THE FLUES
The Mount Pleasant show has a magnetism about it that attracts a very large crowd
GAS ENTHUSIAST LEARNS SOMETHING ABOUT STEAM
Fred did not run the engine at the Pennsylvania show as he was in the hospital
Clarence Young's Quest
Clarence says the day he bought this engine gave him the biggest thrill of his life
ERIC CITY ENGINES
Erie City made portable and stationary engines
REUNION ROUNDUP 1980
A 1918 George White steam engine idled a George White threshing machine
GEORGIA AGRIRAMA
Georgia Agrirama will provide fuel and water and will treat exhibitors royally
STEAM EXHIBIT AT HAGLEY MUSEUM
The Hagley Museum, founded on the site of a 19th-century
Stumptown
The Lord again smiled down on the 1980 Stumptown Steam Threshers Show.
1980 DOUGLAS COUNTY HISTORICAL STEAM AND GAS SHOW
DePaul University filming the show for educational purposes
FIVE GENERATIONS OF STEAM IN THE McLEAN FAMILY
David and his steam engine have a unique relationship
POST CARD
Ray May's attractive team of lightweight draft horses from Schaeffers town
ECLIPSE FARM ENGINE
Frick Eclipse was a portable farm engine
BUILDING A BACKYARD POWERPLANT
The old boiler has been hydro-tested at 225 pounds pressure
May 1981
SOOT IN THE FLUES
1915 was a big crop year
McCormick Invented Reaper 150 Tears Ago
The McCormick harvester and twine binder, manufactured in 1881
RELIVING THE DAYS OF STEAM
The collecting and restoration of antique equipment
DAUGHTERS FOLLOW DAD'S FOOTSTEPS IN STEAM
HOW WE GOT THIS STORY
NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN SHOW
It is growing like many other engine shows
POWER PLANTS
GENERATORS AND ALTERNATORS
Unclassified Photos
Large file of unidentified or unlabeled photographs
HORSEPOWER IN STEAM TRACTION ENGINES
The most misunderstood aspect is horsepower ratings
THE GOLDEN ROLL
PAUL BLOUGH was a life member of the Badger Steam and Gas Engine Club
LESEUR COUNTY PIONEER POWER ASSOCIATION SHOW
Dave Pruehs sent pictures taken at the 1980 show
POST CARD
16 HP double simple Reeves built in 1906
July 1981
SOOT IN THE FLUES
A steam hose about 30 inch long is slipped over the horizontal pipe
Steam Theme at Newcomen Museum
Steam is the theme at the Newcomen Museum
A LITTLE COLT WITH A BIT OF HISTORY
Fairbanks Morse Company famous for its scales and engines
California Steamin'
The Humanns begin preparation for the bee in January
BUILDING A CORLISS
Corliss engines were used to manufacture electricity
MAD RIVER
Charlie Harrison Award for the finest restored engine of the year
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Henry devoted his entire time to blacksmithing and carpentry
CANADIAN CATALOGUE IN HANDSOME REPRINT
The reprint is worthy of the White motto
HISTORY OF A 110 CASE
In 1929 the Yellowstone River was washing the bank really bad in the town of Rosebud
Unclassified Photos
Unidentified or unlabeled photographs which have been acquired over the past thirty years
NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS STEAM POWER SHOW, 1980
1980 show at Hedtke's Hickory-Oaks Farm
POST CARD
Homemade steam wrecking crane built in 19702 foot gauge
September 1981
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Armatures and transformer cores are always laminated
STEAM POWER FROM THE EARTH
Geysers area in California represents the most outstanding application of the dry steam concept
1980 P.A.M. Thresherman Show
Paublo Agricultural Museum held their second annual show at the museum grounds
FOR COLLECTORS OF TOY FARM ENGINES
Scheibe estimates there are 10,000 farm toy collectors in the United States
THE WATKINS STEAM ENGINE
Waltus Lockett Watkins built a steam powered woolen mill on his farm
150 YEARS OF FARM CHANGES
The show commemorates the 150th anniversary of the invention of the reaper in Virginia
WHAT WAS WHAT WITH WATT?
Newcomen's engine a piston was moved by atmospheric pressure in a cylinder
MY TWO DAYS AT HICKORY OAKS
Reeves and the saw mill were beautiful pieces of work
TENNESSEE VALLEY STEAM/GAS ENGINE
The Tennessee Valley Association is new on the show scene
A BAKER AND A BUFFALO-PITTS
The first event was a parade at the Penfield Sesquicentennial
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Mr. King, commonly known as Floyd, was a lifetime farmer
PAUBLO AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM SHOW, JULY 1980
Second annual show
POST CARD
40 H.P. Case was used to run a sawmill in the 1940's
November 1981
THE STEAM ENGINE STILL LIVES ON
Clyde Mill was built in 1881 it was powered with steam
THE STORY OF LUELLABELLE
Air Force duty before retirement some eight years ago
Casey Jones Was A Real person
Casey Jones' first job on the railroad was as a fireman
An Engine on A Rampage
A Landis Peerless Traction Breaks its Guide Chain and Plays Havoc
I REMEMBER...
Old Portland Rose leave Ogallala on frosty nights
CAMP CREEK SHOW
The Reeves steamer powered the saw mill every time it was operated
SOOT IN THE FLUES
The Best Company built the most durable Cats on the market
THRESHING PHOTO
Threshing by Steam in the Red River Valley
THE 40-72 CASE CROSSMOUNT TRACTOR
The tractor was bought to replace a Case 80 steamer
HOW'S THIS FOR A STEAM PLOW?
STATIONARY STEAM ENGINE USED TO PLOW
CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS STEAM & GAS SHOW
The show was held at the Orange Airport in Orange
A VISIT TO STEWARTSTOWN
Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, is below York near the Maryland border
BOILER EXPLOSIONS
Boiler was 5' in diameter, 23' long, built for 250 lbs
DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRACTION ENGINE IN AMERICA
Steam traction engine history dating back to 1868
THE GOLDEN ROLL
C. J. BUTLER had been a thresherman and sawmill operator all his life
LAKE REGION PIONEER THRESHERMAN'S ASSOCIATION
Reunions of the Lake Region Pioneer Thresherman's Association, held in Dalton