Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Several NR-S fifth grade students enjoying the day among the tractors and steamers.
The feature this year was steam engines. This photo was shared by the Central North Dakota Steam Threshers Association. It shows member Mark Pedersen's steamer collection as well as their operators.
On Friday night the clouds dumped three-and-a-half inches of rain on the fair grounds. Abundant lightning and thunder continued throughout the overnight hours. The result was a mucky mess, causing the big boys tractor pull to be cancelled on Saturday. Steam threshers just wouldn't be the same with without a tractor pull though, so the kids pedal pull was held despite the wet conditions. Erin Greiner of New Rockford, shared the photo above of her son Seth competing in the event.
Equipped with rubber boots, the Steele family was among those who ventured out to the show Sunday. They were there watching the sawmill demonstration.
The 4-H auction barn, with its new concrete floor and bright windows, proved to be a great location for the toy show. In the photo above, Braylon Alfstad peruses some of the miniature toy equipment for sale.
Baling demonstrations took place both Saturday and Sunday. Straw going into this baler operated by a mini steamer is fed by Albert Pfeiffer and Matt Pfeiffer, both New Rockford residents and regular volunteers at the show.
John Tysse of Crosby, N.D. brought two of his rare machines to display at the show. Tysse has participated in the show since the 1950s. He attended the very first show with his wife before entering the U.S. Army. The 1915 Case pictured below is one of two pieces he plans to continue lending to the show for display.
A steam powered sawmill went into to operation for the first time in years. Volunteers showcased this historic sawmill that had been acquired several years prior at an auction held by the former Fullerton threshing show. This past summer Lance Straabe and Lucas Jury led a crew in building a concrete base west of the new Stavik diesel building for the sawmill. Kevin Johnson prepped the site. The crew successfully got the sawmill operating on Sunday. Boy oh boy did the sawdust fly! The Gaar-Scott steamer that powered the mill is owned by Jon & Lori Jury of Valley City.
Even though heavy rain on Friday night put a kibosh to the traditional weekend parades and threshing demonstrations, there were still plenty of learning opportunities to be had at the 61st Annual Central North Dakota Steam Threshers Reunion last weekend.
Over 200 students from area schools walked the grounds on Friday, known as Education Day. There they got to see the steamers up close and spent time among the seven historic buildings in Pioneer Village.
