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Saturday October 20, 2007 Fall Harvest Fair

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Saturday October 20, 2007

Sat Oct 20 and Sun Oct 21 Parades

Above far left: It sure was nice of someone to park this Hay Wagon right here. I stood on it to take the above left and right pictures of our 8AM Saturday morning Safety Meeting. Above left: left to right: far left sitting down our Collections Curator Ashley Jaques. Our current Trustee President Jeanette Stevens long skirt. The guy with his back to us holding his clip board is our Trustee and Safety Officer Steve Stipp. Above right: lined up to show drivers licenses, sign our Safety Meeting roll call and receive a wrist band signifying they are permitted to operate vehicles during show. Above far right: 8:21 AM. Half of our Sorghum Cane crop was harvested the day before, now laid out ready to be crushed to recover its juices.

Above far left: Our Sorghum Cane crusher. Above left: a view through our new Steam Engine Row boiler house. Above right 8:48 AM. Here comes our Cane Crusher motive power, our 1902 Advance Steam Tractor John Alling operating, Travis Durst firing. We put down wood blocks to protect our railroad tracks from the weight of this tractor.

Above far left: 8:50 AM. in the background you can see Dean Alling arriving with his beautifully restored 1920 Minneapolis steam tractor. Above left: John Alling operating our Advance. Above right 8:52 AM: the fella in the background, facing the camera, is Steam Team Boss Dean Alling watching the operation, Travis Durst foreground. Above far right 8:53 AM Travis Durst lays out the drive belt while a shadowy Dean Alling watches.

Above far left: 8:55 AM belted up and ready to crush. Above left and right: 9:33 AM crushing sorghum with a small crowd of spectators. Above far right: 9:35 AM Car Show.

Above far left: 1950 Cadillac. Above left: 1950 Ford. These two cars had this information posted. These other two, above right and far right, did not.

Above far left: I have no idea what year Mercedes this is? But, above left, that is a 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe. Above right: Three Model A Fords, a 1928, 1929 and 1930. Above far right: 9:57 AM Truck Show.

Above and below: Truck Show.

Above far left: 10:23 AM sitting next to his teepee, Frank "Standing Bear" Crain -- center, a Flintnapper, fashions an arrow shaft the old fashioned way. Above left: 10:39 AM Grandpa Bruce Yoho walking alongside a kid steering a tractor. Above right: customers awaiting their turn to steer. Above far right: 10:47 AM The Bayou Brothers on stage.

Above far left: 10:48 AM. To the right of Frank Crains teepee those kids are panning for gold. Above left: 11:19 AM. Lots of these Red Tractors this show. Above right: all those green and yellow tractors on the right are John Deere H models. Above far right: 12:15 PM Our current trustee President Jeanette Stevens joins The Bayou Brothers on stage.

Above far left: 1:00 PM Mike Freiling begins our parade with his Dad Paul Freiling's Calliope plays the United States National Anthem. Above left and right: 2:10 PM Nitro Express on stage. Above far right: I left this one out of the truck show.

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