[AJD] Where is the best show

[Duane Ledford]

Well, I'm kind of partial. I really like our local show. The Pioneer Harvest 
Fiesta in Ft. Scott, KS will be celebrating 50 years September 29, 30, and 
Oct 1. In past years the show has gotten smaller, but this year we have a 
new president and several new members who are working hard to make this 
Golden Jubilee show really special. Other than this show, a couple of places 
I make sure to attend is Goessel, KS the first weekend of August. Not many 
run of the mill tractors, but a very large collection of prarie tractors, 
threshing, plowing, corn binding, etc. Another is the Ozark Steamorama in 
Republic, MO. Many steam engines, lots of tractors and lots of vendors. 
Demonstrations throughout the day of threshing, rock crushing, shingle mill. 
Most operated by steam power. They also have a large steam shed which has 
several stationary steam engines operated off of one boiler. I don't get too 
far from home. Would love to go the Mt. Pleasant sometime.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Larson" <jdlarson at comcast.net>
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> Kreig,
> I guess it depends on what you are looking for in a show.  The Portland, 
> IN August show is the largest show in the US - normally has 700-800 
> tractors, a couple thousand gas engines, 6-8 steam engines, hundreds of 
> vendors, 150 antique dealers, but not a lot of demonstrations (although 
> with their new land they are adding these) and limited prairie tractors.
>
> If you like the large prairie tractors, the Prairie Village show at 
> Madison, SD has a bunch, and a train.  I arrived a week after the show in 
> Crosby, North Dakota where John Tysse has his prairie tractors, and I was 
> really impressed!  Stuff I had never seen, and it was just his stuff left. 
> Also, the large show at Rollag, MN has lots of prairie tractors, and a 
> steam train.
>
> The Camp Creek Threshers Show near Lincoln, NE is one of the most active 
> shows I have seen.  Several threshers going, baling, combining, plowing, 
> rock crushing, corn shelling with several shellers, sawmill, silo filling, 
> Baker fan, .....
>
> I've never been to the Mt. Pleasant show, but that has much more steam as 
> well as tractors and gas engines, not sure about vendors.  I have been to 
> their large museum and it is impressive.
>
> Duane Larson
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dee Schuyler" <web22hsz at verizon.net>
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>
>
>> Well I live on the west coast and attend Brooks also But I would have to 
>> say the Best I have been to would be Mount Pleasant Iowa , Great folks, 
>> we spent four full days there
>> Was Great!
>> Dee
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>> From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
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>> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 4:33 PM
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>>
>>> Kreig:
>>>
>>> I am not able to answer your question for the whole US but I can for the 
>>> NW
>>> part of the US. The Brooks, Oregon show, the weekend before the Lynden, 
>>> WA
>>> show, is the best for steam stuff in the Northwest and IMHO is the best
>>> antique tractor show as well.  Sorry Lynden.
>>>
>>> Haven't seen too many JD Steam tractors though.  I must have missed 
>>> them!
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Dean A. Van Peursem
>>> Snohomish, WA 98290
>>>
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>>> Of
>>> kreig
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 1:24 PM
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>>> Subject: [AJD] Where is the best show
>>>
>>> What is considered the BEST all around tractor/steam show in the US or
>>> Canada??  Not just JD's.
>>>
>>> Kreig
>>>
>>>
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