Arcola’s Hippie Memorial
Who would have ever expected to find a hippie memorial in downtown Arcola? This Midwestern town is where Raggedy Ann and Andy came…
A Ride in a Red Baby
It was the show in Portland, Indiana where I saw Wendell Kelch’s International Harvester truck, the Red Baby. This truck was made by…
The Theatre Museum of Repertoire Americana a different kind of Midwest Thresher Experience
I would have never connected the Theatre Museum with the Old Thresher’s Reunion. If I had not seen the building right across the…
Photo-Shoot on Route 66!- Preparing for a Tractor Drive.
The area where we live is known for two things, Abraham Lincoln and Route 66. This coming June 16-18 of 2017, we will be…
Running with the Rumleys
The 2016 American Thresherman show in Pinckneyville, IL was filled with the rumbles of Rumley tractors and one very rare Rumley truck belonging…