Steam threShing FeStival - Heritage Park of North Iowa

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2013 Official Show Guide
HERITAGE PARK OF NORTH IOWA
Steam Threshing Festival
September 13-14-15, 2013
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2013 Official Show Guide
reasures. We likely all have a different idea
of what a treasure is, but in my thoughts, the
Steam Threshing Festival offers many treasures. You need not be a history buff or a farmer to
enjoy the annual old-time farm show.
You will find treasures in each and every corner.
From the old time farm house, Timberland Museum,
the tractor museums, down to the saw mill and horse
barns. It would be difficult to see it all in just one day.
And then, their are the other treasures which Heritage Park embraces–the people. All year long volunteers work on not just the Steam Threshing Festival,
but many other activities at the park. They have a
common goal in preserving and sharing the historical
farming history.
One needs to appreciate not only their time and
talents, but their willingness to share their treasures.
If not for them, who would do it? It is not an inexpensive venture to collect, restore and maintain these
historical treasures–the old iron, the steel wheels,
the one-of-a-kinds. Whether they are driving an old
steam engine or driving a team of horses, there is
something to be learned by their generosity. Here
is a place where you can touch a time that has long
passed.
2 Show Overview
4 Field activity lineup
6 Livingston has life-long love for Case
7 Ringen carries on family tradition with Case
8 Ahlers enjoys the Two-Tones
9 Heritage Park hosts many events
11 Many activities for the kids
12 Show grounds map
13 Festival schedule of events
14 Transportation museum filled with one-of-a-kinds
16 Schaaf to bring unique 40-72 Case
18 Bias has varied collection of Case
20 Timberland Museum filled with unique artifacts
22 Brief history of Case
24 Massey is feature for 2014
Inside this Issue
By the way, I think the next time Ron Holland needs
to rearrange the transportation museum, he can call
me for some help. For some reason, I can just picture
myself behind that 1920 Dodge.
I offer my thanks to those who have shared their
time, their talents and their stories.
See you at the show.
Published on behalf of the
Heritage Park of North Iowa
by
BEYOND BROKEN
Connie J. Reinert
34195 320th Street, Ruthven, IA 51358
Phone: 712-260-0468
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Something for all ages at annual festival
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he 30th Annual Steam Threshing Festival will be held
Sept. 13, 14 and 15 at Heritage Park. Heritage Park
is a 91-acre site located on the South edge of Forest
City, Iowa. The Park is dedicated to the preservation
of America’s rural heritage.
This year’s feature is Case and the event will host the Northland Collectors Club. Expect to see a very large turnout of
Case unique exhibits.
There are over two dozen museums and buildings filled with
representative items of a farm life lived long ago-visit everything from a rural church, to a farm house, school house, print
shop and jail.
Visitors will see very rare steam engines, one-of-a-kind
trucks and automobiles, large gas engines, prairie tractors and
draft horses.
Live demonstrations include: house moving, grain threshing, log sawing, plowing, ensilage cutting, oat hulling, shingle
making, cord wood sawing, horsepower testing, corn shredding, corn binding, baling, lumber planing, rock crushing,
feed grinding, corn shelling, rope making, ice cream making
and much more.
There will be lots of entertainment on the grounds. One
of these entertainers will be Carver Creek Bluegrass a band
of five siblings ranging in age from six to twenty-one from
Carver, MN. Carver Creek sings bluegrass, folk, country and
old-time music. Instrumentally they use the banjo, guitar,
fiddle, penny whistle, ripsaw and cow fiddle.
At approximately 5:30 p.m. on Saturday there will be an all
you can eat sweet corn and bologna feed at the Heritage Park
Steel Wheel cafe. Ticket prices are $6. The sweet corn and
bologna are prepared using steam from one the steam engines
exhibiting at the show. All the amenities are provided.
Admission to the Festival is $6 however, children age
12 and under are admitted free. There is no admission for
exhibitors. The people who display their equipment, artifacts
and horses at Heritage Park of North Iowa do so at their own
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expense. They are enthusiastic about their hobby and are
more than willing to answer any question concerning their
display. The physical facility, insurance, advertising, fuel,
entertainment, barn dancing and horses are for the primary
benefit and convenience of spectators.
Souvenir buttons as well as other promotional items are
also available for purchase at a nominal cost. Revenues
received from admissions and souvenir items sold are used
strictly to cover expenses and for facility improvements.
Exhibitors and members contribute their time and energy
strictly on a volunteer basis.
Park History
Heritage Park of North Iowa is a subdivision of the Winnebago Historical Society. The Winnebago Historical Society
is a 501 (c)(3) organization. Heritage Park of North Iowa’s
mission is to preserve our local heritage so that future generations will better understand how our region evolved, to
educate and to entertain, and to help our region through tourism. It combines preservation activities with living history and
tourism in a way that will benefit our community.
Heritage Park of North Iowa was being discussed in the
summer of 1997. The goal was to create a regional park that
would serve the North Central area of Iowa. By 1998, there
were commitments from the Winnebago Historical Society,
the Holtan Farm Museum in Winnebago County, the Timberland Museum in Hancock County, the Hanlontown Community Club which sponsored the annual Steam Threshing
Days in Worth County, The Hill City Tractor Club in Hancock
County, and the Tri-County Antique Power Club in Kos-
suth County. The commitments were that the Holtan Farm
Museum and the Timberland Museum would move to the
grounds, the Winnebago Historical Society would become the
parent organization, and the three regional farm shows would
join together at the show grounds. Discussion began with
the Hanson Foundation concerning the financing of a farm
owned by Winnebago Industries, Inc., located on the south
edge of Forest City. In 1999, the Hanson Foundation agreed
to lease the farm from Winnebago Industries, Inc. for three
years. If specific conditions were met, they would purchase
the farm for Heritage Park of North Iowa. The goals were accomplished and the 90.69-acre farm was paid for and deeded
to the park in the spring of 2001.
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Unexpected Finds
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The Beaver Creek Church was built by Norwegian Lutheran
immigrant farmers in 1890 in Joice, Iowa. The 90-foot tall
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Make time to watch the various
field activities during festival
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here are so many things to see and do at our show.
Areas you should plan to visit include the model
engine area, the full sized engines, the field activities
and the food stands. In the model area you will find
all types and sizes of scale model steam engines and equipment. The equipment was designed and built in home shops
to duplicate all of the features of the larger engines, except in
a smaller size. It takes countless hours or even years to design
and build this equipment and the finished piece shows off
the talent and hard work of the builder. Some are built with
castings that the builders designed and other parts are welded
fabrications. If you don’t look closely, it is hard to tell which
is which.
Most of the engines were built to be either 1/2, 1/3, or 1/4
the size of the full size engine. They burn either coal or wood
and operate just like the full size engines. You will see the
engines in operation throughout the day, running all types
of equipment, grinding corn or wheat into flour, shelling
ear corn, plowing, or operating scale size sawmills. You will
notice many of the engines have younger “student engineers”
operating them. All of the engineers have taken the steam
school at Heritage Park and many of these engineers have
been operating steam engines for over half their life. Heritage Park is very supportive of getting the younger folks into
the antique steam and tractor hobby so they can carry on the
traditions into the future.
There are demonstrations of the full sized engines going on
continuously throughout the weekend. Some of the special
engines that you’ll want to check out are the Mogul 4 HP side
Shaft, the Superior 50 HP single cylinder and the John Deere
6 HP. There are fly wheel engines of all sizes from ½ horse
Gas engines and scale-sized engines on display.
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Steam engines are prepared and ready to go to work.
power to well over 100. Several of them are hit and miss engines. We have a single cylinder 60 HP Superior that we run
and there may be a big 150 HP Fairbanks Morse 2 cylinder
engine. We have many of the desirable brands like Galloway,
Fairbanks Morse, Mogul, Olds, Monitor, Armstrong and many
more. If you would like to see some of these engines in action
before or after the show visit www.wyndamsellers.com. Go
to the collection and flywheel engines to watch videos. These
engines are used for show and for work.
Some of the work that you can see the engines and the tractors doing throughout the weekend includes steam and prairie
tractor threshing and plowing. There will be corn shelling,
rock crushing, corn husking and clover hauling. You can
also see a variety of chores being done with horse-power. Be
sure to see the Parade of Power at noontime on Saturday and
Sunday. Please see any of the operators if you have questions.
They are happy to share their knowledge.
No trip to a show would be complete without sampling
some food and drink. Our show has many wonderful offerings. The Steel Wheel Café will be operated by Butcher’s of
Mason City. They will be providing a variety of food items
from hamburgers, brats, hot beef meals, daily breakfast and
desserts and beverages. There are also vendors selling pork
chops on a stick, hot dogs and beverages. New this year, we’ll
be adding funnel cakes and caramel corn. Don’t miss the Saturday evening corn on the cob and bologna supper. Both are
steamed by a steam engine.
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Fixing and running Case is lifelong love for Livingston
Y
ou know you are in the presence of a showman when
his Case 2096 High Crop tractor is named “Lurch”,
it is decked out with a skull attached to the front and
the story begins with a grin, “this belonged to an old
gator hunter…maybe”. You have just met Don Livingston,
Case collector and parts distributor.
Don has about 40 working tractors and the parts to help
someone complete many more. One of his favorites is his
Case model LH, with a Hesselman diesel, 1938 tractor. According to Livingston only 40 were built and 12 of those sank
in transit during World War II. There is only one other one
known to exist today. It is located in New Zealand.
Fixing and running Case has been a lifelong love for Don.
“Papa would buy one (a tractor) at half price, cheap. We’d
take it the rest of the way.” Livingston began selling parts
fulltime in 1996, but he started doing it on the side when
he was 14. Through the Case parts business Livingston has
shipped parts to all 50 states and all over the world. He quips,
“It sounds impressive, but is just costs more.”
Livingston’s quest for parts and tractors has taken him on
some interesting adventures; from the swamps of Florida to
collapsed barns around here. One find in an old barn was a
classic Case sign. The sign had two holes cut into it. Livingston asked the barn owner if he knew why the holes were there.
The sign had been used as the roof of a chicken coop and
the holes had been put in for the chicks. Livingston also has
a Case calendar that he searched for over the course of two
years and a Case window out of a dealership in Montana.
Collectors can also tickle their fancy among the treasures
Don has in his collection. Don mentioned that currently
many collectors are looking for mid-Century tractors. “They
want what they grew up with,” Livingston observes. He said
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Don Livingston of Austin, Minn. on his 471 Detroit LA Case.
one particular difference in collector preferences is tractors
with cranks and those with starter buttons. “Crankers pick on
the push buttons,” Don chuckles as he’s cranking away on a
tractor.
For relaxation, Livingston enjoys running his 471 Detroit
LA Case in tractor pulls. He recently took a first and a second
place with that “very powerful” tractor. He also likes to participate in plowing events. “It (plowing) is the most calm thing
I can think of…when everything goes right,” says Livingston.
He has a variety of Case plows that he enjoys working with
including the rare 6 bottom 70 series International.
There are many subtle differences on the various Case tractors to make them unique. Don has a 1925 Model 2545 that
has a whistle (an unusual feature for this model). Others have
distinctive chrome features or differences in the fenders that
cover the wheels. Don Livingston is a Case authority; he can
tell you about the many unusual and interesting facets of Case
tractors through the years. Look for Don and his tractors at
this year’s show!
Rare Case Model LH with a Hesselman diesel, 1938 tractor, belted to a
rock crusher one of two in the world out of 40 built
Rare Case 6 bottom, pull type plow in sod pulled by a 600 case diesel
Steve Ringen carries on the
Case tradition near Butterfield
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amily. Friends. Memories. These are the reasons
why Steve Ringen of rural Butterfield, Minnesota,
collects Case tractors. When Steve was a young lad of
about six years old, his dad would put him to work on
the Case SC 2 row cultivator. “Dad would run the DC 4-row
and he would leave two rows every time he turned around. I
did the two rows in between,” This began a long love affair
with farming and a dedication to Case. “My dad was a Case
guy. It just stayed with me.”
Relaying a story about one of his dad’s Case purchases,
Steve smiles, “My dad bought a 1931 C Case Tractor brand
new. He and my uncle had to drive it from the dealership in
Worthington, Minn.to Fulda. It’s about 20 miles. It was winter and so cold that they had to take turns on the tractor and
in the truck to get it home without getting frostbite.”
Ringen began collecting tractors for pleasure in the early
1980s. He used to be a car collector, but found you could get
Steven Ringen with some of his Case literature.
into tractors for “$150, paint and elbow grease.” Of buying
tractors Steve says, “You get bit, the next purchase comes
a little easier. Then you want to get things to pull behind
them.” His first collectors’ tractor was a 1949 SC.
While Steve uses more modern equipment in his farming
today, he still uses several of his Case collectors’ pieces at the
Butterfield Threshing Bee in August each year. He has a 1941
LA Case and a Case 3-Bottom Centennial plow to open up the
land each year for the show. He also used the 1941 SC to plant
the 10 acres of wheat which is harvested at the show. In addition to being his favorite for planting, the ’41 SC has another
unique feature. It has a chrome strip along the side, like a
racing stripe. Because of WWII, 1941 was the last year the
strip was used on the tractors, as the metal was needed for the
war effort. Other pieces in Ringen’s collection include a 1947
VC, 1951 DC3, 1949 DC4, the 1964 830 Case, the 1967 1030
and the 1968 930. Ever true to Case, he also a 2 row corn
planter, a 1940’s feed wagon and several plows from the 1930s Steve and daughter, Brianna ,on the 1941 SC with the unique chrome
to the 1960s. The ’52 DC3 is extra special to Steve, as that is a strip.
tractor his dad had and it is his birth year.
When not out in the shop working on his tractors, you’ll find
Steve at home with wife Nancy and daughter Brianna. Their
home is as much a reflection of Case as the machine shed.
The whole family collects Case toys, literature and memorabilia. A good, but aging, friend of Steve’s gave him several pieces
of literature, a Case sign and a Case plow. “He told me that
he knew I would respect and care for these things like he did.”
This friend was a collector of both machines and collectibles,
as well, and gifted much of his collection to various friends
and organizations to be preserved for posterity. That friendship and the memories associated with the Case tractors will
always be special to Steve and his family.
One last look around the farm and Steve says with a twinkle
in his eye, “You sure don’t find much green around here.”
Case signage and decorations that Steve has refinished.
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John Ahlers likes the
two-tone Case
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n the early 1950s, Case supplemented the Flambeau
Red paint on its tractors with a Desert Sand color.
These are the tractors of choice for collector John
Ahlers of Bigelow, Minn.
His collection includes about 100 tractors in the 100,
70 or 30 Series. He has used his expertise and his connections
to encourage other collectors to exhibit at this year’s show.
Although he thinks fuel prices will have an effect, he expects
to have an even greater turn-out of Case tractors at this year’s
show compared to the last time Case was featured here in
2004.
The first tractor John drove was a 1941 SC; a 1956 Model
300 was the first one he used for field work and then, in 1969
he learned to plow on a Case 830.
The oldest tractor John owns is a 1929 L and he owns 1520 letter series tractors. The rest are a variety of 100, 70 or
30 Series. “It’s like a disease,” said John. “It’s hard to keep
them going and we can’t use them all in a year. I like to find
an original tractor with low hours. I always have the desire to
find just the right tractor.”
John and his dad started the collection in the 70’s when
they would buy and sell Case tractors, keeping their favorites
and the collection has been growing ever since.
Getting to know people is one of his favorite things about
collecting. “I have friends all over the world, including friends
in Canada,” said John.
John is currently serving as president of the Northland
Case Collectors Club. He enjoys attending Case feature shows
whether he shows a tractor or just visits the show.
John believes every tractor has a story. Catch up with him at
this year’s show and ask him to share a couple of them.
John Ahlers stands with a Case 930 from 1966. The tractor has only
1080 actual hours.
John and his son, Logan, are pictured with a Case 830. It is a 1965 HiCrop originally from California. It is owned with Brad and Robin Morgan
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Heritage Park hosts many events throughout the year
With its well-maintained buildings, beautiful open grounds
and historical exhibits, Heritage Park makes a great venue for
many events throughout the year.
Kite Day attracts people who like to fly or just watch kites
of all shapes and sizes twirl in the sky. Hours are from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. on the third Saturday in May. The event is held at
the parking lot just off of Highway B-14. There is no admission charge and restrooms are open.
Heritage Park’s Steam Engineer School is held to
help promote and encourage the hobby of steam engineering.
This is a beginner’s class, no prior experience is necessary,
however anyone with prior experience is also encouraged
to attend if they so desire. Attendees of the seminar will be
instructed in the safe operation and care of steam boilers and
engines. The course is held the third weekend in May at the
show grounds. Tuition is $40 and includes the student handout, continental breakfast, lunch and break refreshments.
The Heritage Festival is Heritage Park’s celebration of its
Scandinavian – mostly Norwegian – and German roots. The
event is held annually in July. Gates open at 8 a.m. General
admission is $2. The event includes a church service, demonstrations, photo booth and Antique Power Show.
In June, the park hosts the annual Bash on the Farm.
This music festival features three stages playing everything
from gospel to metal. There is camping, food, games and
more.
The annual tractor ride, sponsored by the Forest City
Chamber of Commerce and Heritage Park of North Iowa,
is an experience of traveling through North Iowa’s country
roads and small towns at a speed that allows you to see the
countryside. All that is needed is a tractor from the 1960s
or older that is capable of a 50 to 70 mile drive, usually on
asphalt roads. Along the ride, you’ll find plenty of food, coffee,
and visits with neighbors and new friends. The tractor ride
starts at Heritage Park around 7 a.m. with coffee and rolls and
a short talk on the route and safety. The groups travel together and enjoy breaks for coffee, rest stops, and a noon meal.
The trip is held in August.
In 2013, a new event, the Warrior Forge will be held
Sept. 7. This event, a 10K obstacle challenge course is organized by the Waldorf Warrior Boosters.
On Sept. 13, 2013, Heritage Park, in conjunction with Fox
Auction Company, will hold their 9th Annual Consignment Sale featuring antique tractors, implements, households, tools, literature, memorabilia and much more. All
proceeds go to support Heritage Park of North Iowa and your
sales commissions are tax deductible.
Also in September is the annual Steam Threshing Festival, a three-day event packed with old-time farming activities.
Each December, a Christmas Church service is held at
Heritage Park in the rural Beaver Creek Church. The annual
Christmas service brings back memories of Christmas’ past
and features a soup supper following the service.
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Northland Case Collectors make
Heritage Park home for Sept. show
The Northland Case Collectors Northland
Club was organized in 2000 at a
meeting in Redwood Falls, Minnesota. It was decided at that time to
involve six states in the club: Iowa,
Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
There are about 225 members in
the club with membership dues of
Case Collectors
$15 per year which helps pay for a
quarterly newsletter.
According to club president John Ahlers, each year the
club holds a special summer show and will usually follow the
national Case show if it is in the area. The club will hold their
main gathering this year at the Rock River Thresheree in Edgerton, Wisc. on Labor Day weekend. They are also planning to
be a part of the Steam Threshing Festival at Heritage Park of
North Iowa. They hold a winter and spring convention which
includes a visit to a Case collection and an evening meal.
Northland will be holding a raffle for a 1965 Case garden
tractor, a Model 130.
Membership information will be available at the show or
contact club president John Ahlers of Bigelow, Minn. at 507360-7493.
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here will be plenty for children young and old and to
do at this year’s show. The whole family can get to
know the grounds by participating in the Scavenger
Hunt all over Heritage Park or if you prefer a more
leisurely method of exploration, hop on the free trolley and
ride around the park.
Once you have glimpsed at all the things you can do, it’s
time to jump in and have some more fun. Audrey Olmsted,
curator for Heritage Park, mentions that activities can vary
from year to year based on the volunteers available, but that
these are some of the many activities she plans to offer.
Hear stories and music of the pioneer era in the old school
house; join in old time games like the button twirl, kick the
can, Annie-I-Over, relays, three-legged sack races, a coin hunt
in a straw bale and many more.
Sometimes working can be fun, too. Kids can try out the
jobs that children of the pioneer years would have done.
These might include using a washboard to wash laundry,
At the Steam Threshing Festival, children get a chance to get their hands
cleaning the blackboard erasers and beating the rugs. When
on draft horses while watching them work at various activities.
the work is done, relax with live music or play on the playground at the old school.
Whether your children are active, quiet or have a flair for
the dramatic, there’s something for every child. Children can
dress up in old time clothes, get their face painted or join in
an art project in the Art Building. There’s a wonderful railroad
museum for the whole family to tour or stop into the petting
zoo to learn how to care for animals. Pony rides have been
available in the past and balloon launches, pumpkin tosses or
a pedal push may also be on the slate of activities.
Families are also welcome to join in the Sunday morning
church service at the church located right in Heritage Park.
A close up look of grain coming from the threshing machine.
Children can try on old-fashioned clothes and visit the original prairie
school which was moved to Heritage Park in 2000.
In 2012, children checked out the grain as it was threshed.
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Heritage Park • Forest City, Iowa
1. Hwy 69
2. Hwy B-14
3. Heritage Lane
4. Parking
5. Railroad Museum
6. Steel Wheel Cafe
7.Restroom
8. Gas station, fire station, blacksmith ice cream, barbershop, jail, print shop
9. Transportation Museum
10. Tractor Museum
11. Beaver Creek Church
12. Country School
13. Timberland Museum
14. Holtan Farm Museum
15.Restroom
16. Entertainment pavilion
17. Farm house, garage & outside laundry/kitchen
18. Barn & corn crib
19. Steam engines & Threshing machines
20. East barn & horses
21.Sawmill
22. Farm demonstrations
23. Trolley shed & Railroad work shed
24. Horse-drawn equipment
25. Flywheel museum
26. Engine building
27.Awning
2013 Steam Threshing Festival Schedule of Events
Schedule of Events
All Times are Approximate – Subject to Weather and Equipment Conditions
In addition to the scheduled times, some demonstrations run continuously and at other times as well
Events/Entertainment/Contests
Location
Friday
AM
Church Service
Buildings Open
Trolley Rides
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Page 13
Transportation history recounted in
large museum at Heritage Park
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Ron Holland enjoys talking with visitors at the Antique Transportation
Museum at Heritage Park.
O
nce in a while in our life’s adventures we come
across an unforeseen gem, a stop we’re just so glad
we made along our journey. The Antique Transportation Museum at Heritage Park in Forest City,
Iowa is just such a place. This temperature controlled machine shed is filled to overflowing with different and unique
pieces of transportation history.
Ron Holland, who oversees the museum, said he began
collecting these pieces “because of a love of history”. Ron is
a fount of knowledge about antique transportation and the
history of the pieces in this museum. He anticipates being
on hand at the museum during most of the show to share this
marvelous history.
The museum has everything related to a roadway (the rail
museum is in another part of the park) that you can imagine
and many things you probably never have imagined. At the
first stop just steps inside the door there is a parking meter with some sort of crazy contraption attached to it. That
contraption is the cart the meter-readers would pull down the
street to remove the money from the meters. Look the other
way and you’ll see many different types of bicycles from the
Victorian Era High Wheel three wheeled bike to the modern
“safety” bikes of the late 1800s. A safety bike resembles our
bikes today in a much more primitive form. Ron shared a
wonderful story about a man who ran a bike shop as the trend
was changing from the High Wheel to the “safety” bikes.
Ron said that the man had put one of the High Wheels out on
the curb overnight hoping that someone would take it. When
he arrived at work the next morning, a second one was sitting
there.
Give yourself plenty of time to visit this museum. At first
glance it appears to be just one huge room, it is filled with
things to see. Take your time; each time you look at an area,
you will see something you didn’t see before. There are bikes
and motorcycles, snowmobiles, military vehicles, horse-drawn
and engine run cars and trucks. You can see cars with gas
powered headlights and the sprayer used to keep dust down
on the old dirt roads. The museum has a rare vacuum truck.
This 1906 Jaquet truck would come to your house, pull out
its hoses and vacuum your home or business. The Jaquet
was built for only one year. Another of the rare and unique
items in the museum is the 1915 Old Hickory car. This car
was built from 1915 to 1923 by the Kentucky Wagon Works
of Louisville, Kentucky. The one in this museum is the only
one known to exist today. It even still has its old non-skid
tires and original paint job. One of the most unique looking
vehicles is a 1920 Bessemer truck with a musical calliope on
the back. It is beautiful to look at and still has a wonderful
song in its pipes.
Be sure to visit this unique and wonder-filled Antique
Transportation Museum while you are at the show. The history to behold in this museum will stay with you and your
family for years to come.
A left view from the entrance of the museum.
The one-of-a-kind 1906 Jaquet vacuum truck.
A 1920 Dodge Automobile.
A 1914 Indian Motorcyle which was driven across the U.S. in 2010 in
the Cannonball Run.
1907 REO automobile.
A right view from the entrance of the museum.
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George Schaaf will exhibit
rare 40-72 Case at Festival
T
he annual Festival at Heritage Park is proud to
feature many unique tractors and engines each year.
This year is no different.
George Schaaf of Frankfort, Ill. Plans to bring his
very rare 40-72 Case. According to George, there are only five
left of the 41 built by Case. This model was built from 1921 to
1923 and George’s is a 1923 that he bought in the early 90s at
a large machinery auction.
Since then, he has completely rebuilt the Case including the
motor, sheet metal, gas tank, fenders, and hood. The 40-72
was manufactured in Racine, Wisc. It has a crossmotor with
four cylinders and a stroke of 7” x 8” and an RPM of 800. The
list price was $4,000.
“I’ve used it for quite a few years, and taken it to a lot of
different shows. We work with it during a show. We plow
with it, put on the saw mill, or on the threshing machine,”
said George. “I don’t baby it, we work with it. It pulls 10 to 12
plows. It is a very powerful, and probably the most powerful
of the old big ones.
“Over the years since I started, I have probably had over
300 different vehicles and now have over 100 now. Most are
rare, I try to collect all the oddball, one-of a kind.”
George took 20 tractors to the recent Will County (Ill.)
Threshermen’s Show. “It’s a lot of work but I enjoy showing
people what’s out there. Some of the kids will learn about
it, many of them don’t know what threshing even is,” said
George.
He said he is colorblind and has a bit of everything in his
collection, what he calls many oddballs. He has a hard time
picking a favorite, although the 40-72 may be one of them
because of its power. Another is a 1913 Pioneer which was one
of his first big engines.
For 80-year-old George, collecting and traveling to shows
is how he enjoys spending his time. He is semi-retired from
a successful window company that he owned and his kids are
now running.
Congratulations
George Schaaf with his 40-72 Case.
“I thought I was going to get out of collecting. I have had a
couple of auctions, but I haven’t gotten out of it yet,” he said.
He goes to many shows in Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana. He
pulls the Case behind his motorhome with a special 30’ trailer
he made just for the purpose of going to shows. The trailer is
capable of carrying 40,000 pounds. The 40-72 Case weighs in
at about 22,000 pounds.
Visitors to the Festival will appreciate that George is still
collecting and taking the time and effort to bring this unique
40-72 Case to Forest City.
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Bernie Bias has a varied
collection of Case tractors
W
hen Bernie Bias ventured to the orange groves
of Florida looking for his favorite type of tractor, the Orchard style, he joked with the people
there. The Floridians kept calling the ORCHARD tractors GROVE tractors. Bernie told them, “I know
what a grove tractor is. It’s one that sits in your grove for
more than five years.”
With his mild European accent and friendly, kind demeanor, Bernie’s trip to Florida was a success, as has been
his efforts to collect Case tractors. When asked how many
Case tractors he owns, Bernie laughed, “If a guy does know he
doesn’t have enough.”
Bias, who lives near Alden, Minn. likes to collect the lower
production number tractors and the smaller tractors. He
remarked that “a tractor isn’t rare unless there are 10 or less”.
He also looks for consecutive serial numbers on the tractors
he collects. Bias has two 300 Series tractors with back to back
serial numbers. He bought them separately, but from looking at the bill cards he learned that they both started out with
a carrot farmer in Denver. Bias also has a pair of 350’s with
Bernie Bias on a 1938 RO.
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Minnesota.
The love of Case tractors comes naturally to Bias, as it has
always been the family tractor brand. Bias’s grandpa bought
a Case 1527 that didn’t have a hollow crank in about 1918.
In early 1959 at the age of five, Bias jumped on a 311B and
“hasn’t quit driving them since.” His first tractor purchase
as a farmer, on his own, was a 611 in the early 1980s. In the
early days he used it to cultivate. Today it’s the farm’s mower.
He was bitten by the collector’s bug by the end of that decade
and has been collecting Case tractors ever since. One of his
earliest finds was a big 400 that he had driven as a kid.
Bias’s opinion of the collectors’ market is that the hottest
tractors are going to be the little Case two-tones like the 531
or the 631. Only 300 of those were made each year. Those
are some of his favorites. He is also fond of the littler or odd
tractors like the Parrett and the Kaywood.
In his collection, Bias also has every variation of the 630
including a Western, an Orchard and a Standard. He has a
white 470 that came from the Atlanta, Georgia airport where
it was used for cleaning up spills and for vacuuming. That
particular tractor has a generator built into it that Bias says
they have often used around the farm.
The 570s are another favorite. One of the unique pieces in
Bias’ collection is the late BAC from the end of 1951. It belonged to his dad and has an unusual fender that only partially covers the wheel. Bias also has a 614 tractor that somewhat
resembles an Italian sports car in its design. One of the family’s favorite tractors is the refinished Case 1938 RO. There
were less than 80 of these made. He also has a 302, of which
only 10 were made in 2 years. One interesting fact regarding
collecting Case tractors that Bias mentioned is that the warning decals that you see on many tractors are out of place if it’s
on a tractor built before 1972. So look for the warning label.
If there is one, either the date is post 1972 or the warning label
has been added to the tractor.
Bias’s Case collection is diverse and remarkable, as with his
knowledge of the Case line. Bernie Bias is a veritable encyclopedia of Case information. His family has been in this country for three generations and has been driving Case tractors
for all those years. Find him at this year’s Forest City Show.
He’s bound to have an interesting story for you!
Page 19
One of the best Indian artifact
collections is located at Heritage Park
Where can you see a mammoth tusk, a meteorite and Iowa’s
largest arrowhead collection? No, you don’t have to travel all
over the world. You can see all three and so much more at the
Timberland Museum in Heritage Park.
The Timberland Museum was built in 1939 by Arlo Johnson on his farm just outside of Pilot Knob State Park. Arlo
Johnson was a true Renaissance man who had interests ranging from painting to history to archeology and everything in
between. While the Timberland Museum was originally built
to house Johnson’s toy collection, it has become a beautiful
showcase for his many collections. It is the oldest private
museum in Iowa. The Timberland was built with stones from
the area, collected by Johnson and his friends. It was moved
to its current location at Heritage Park in 2001.
Upon entering the Timberland, you can first read more
about Arlo Johnson and the process of building the museum.
Step further in and you are greeted by a vast array of Native
American artifacts, Civil War, WWI and WWII collectables,
geodes, antique jewelry, clocks and a pair of rollerskates from
1905. Many of the antiques were brought to Iowa with the
pioneers and Johnson himself did much of the archeology to
find the Native American artifacts.
Resuming our tour of the Timberland, one end of the main
room hosts a fireplace that is decorated with a Mammoth tusk
which Johnson purchased in Alaska for $2. The other end of
the room displays a portion of the Timberland’s vast arrowhead collection. Walking throughout this room you’ll find
many beautiful and unique items. There are pieces of pottery
from the Native Americans and gorgeous china from the early
settlers including a few mustache cups. Heritage Park curator
Audrey Olmsted observed, “The early pioneer women many
have only had a few beautiful pieces in their primitive homes,
but they took care of them and passed them on to their children. These things weren’t disposable.” Audrey’s favorite
piece in the museum is a silver and pink glass crimped edge
wedding basket at adorns one window sill.
The second display room of the Timberland contains many
more Native American arrowheads and more antiques from
the early pioneers. Johnson also had a large collection of
rocks and geodes that can be seen in the museum. One very
distinctive element to the museum is the meteorite that
landed on a nearby farm in 1996. You can use a hammer to
discern the sound difference between a regular rock and the
metallic sound of the meteorite. It’s a great hands-on activity
for the whole family.
So, take your time. Plan to spend an hour or two taking
in all the offerings of the museum; then look again and see
something new. It’s well worth the visit!
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Mammoth tusk bought in Alaska.
A cased glass wedding basket, crimped edge, white outside and rose
inside in silver basket.
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Case: A Brief History
J
erome Increase Case was born in Oswego County,
New York in 1819. For him the threshing machine
was of special interest. In 1842, he left New York and
headed to Rochester, Wisconsin. On his way, he sold
five of six groundhog threshers he had bought on
credit. He planned to use the sixth machine to earn a living.
After much time experimenting, Case developed a machine
that would beat out the kernels of wheat and separate them
from the straw. It was introduced in May 1844.
In 1847, Case built a three-story factory in Racine that became the center for his farm equipment manufacturing business. At first it was titled Racine Threshing Machine Works,
J.I Case, Proprietor. Case operated the company by himself
until 1863, when he organized the firm of J. I. Case & Company, forming a partnership with Stephen Bull, Robert Baker,
and Massena B. Erskine.
In 1850, a Case thresher was priced at $290 to $325 complete with a 2-horse tread power.
In 1869, the first Case steam engine was produced. In 1876,
Case went further and a self-propelled traction engine was
offered.
In 1876, Case organized a new plow factory originally
known as Case, Whiting & Company. In 1878 it became
known as J. I. Case Plow Company. It was reorganized in 1884
and got the title J. I. Case Plow Works.
Case died in 1891 and his will disposed of all interests in the
J.I. Case Threshing Machine Co., and left the Plow Works to
his family. In 1928, the J.I. Case Plow Works was sold to the
Massey-Harris Company. Later Massey-Harris sold all rights
to the “Case” name back to the original J.I. Case Company.
In 1910, the J.I. Case Threshing Machine Co. purchased the
Pierce Motor Co. of Racine. Case Company renamed the automobile “Case” and utilized the company’s dealers and agents
to sell the new line. Case automobiles came in Touring models, Sedans, Coupes, and a few sporting types of a luxury class.
Case continued to build automobiles until the mid 1920s.
In 1911, Case introduced the 30-60 and 20-40 models.
In 1915, the 10-20 three-wheeler was introduced and in
1916 came the 9-18, a small compact design featuring a fourcylinder cross-mounted engine.
Until the Model L, introduced in 1929, cross-mounted engines were featured in all Case tractors. Next came the Model
L and CC row-crop models.
Through 1936-40 the R-Series tractors were introduced followed by the S and V-Series models.
Case acquired International Harvester in November 1984.
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Paint colors–
Case cross-mounts used a basic pattern of green and red up
to 1922. Later tractor colors were changed to gray. In 1939,
Flambeau Red became the standard color. In the early 1950s,
Desert Sand was added to offer a two-tone color scheme.
Power Red and Power White were adopted in 1974.
Logos–
In 1865 J. I. Case Company adopted the Civil War eagle
“Old Abe” as their logo. The heroic bird seemed appropriate
as the Case Company’s symbol of excellence to the world, and
they adopted him as their trademark.
The eagle first appeared on a plain perch. Later, it was
shown perched on a globe of the world and became the most
famous bird in agricultural history.
In 1969, J. I. Case introduced a new series of agricultural
tractors christened the “Agri - King” line. At the same time,
the eagle trademark was retired and replaced by a new corporate symbol, the Casemark. This mark was used until the
acquisition of International Harvester, when IH was added to
the symbol.
An ad for the J. I. Case T. M. Company
as it appeared in February 1916 in The
American Thresherman and Farm Power.
And ad for J. I. Case Plow Works as it appeared in December
1912 in The Threshermen’s Review.
Page 23
Steam Threshing
Festival to feature
Massey in 2014
Plans are made for the 2014 show
to feature Massey and to host
the Iowa Massey Collectors.
The group is part of the National Massey Collectors Association which is a chartered
organization consolidating all
interested parties in Wallis,
Massey-Harris, Massey Ferguson and Ferguson tractors, related
equipment and memorabilia.
The Iowa club has about 60 members. They held their 2013
Summer Show Aug. 2-4 in Marshalltown as part of the MidIowa Antique Power Show. They expect to have lots of Massey
tractors and implements for display at Heritage Park next
year during the Steam Threshing Festival.
Anyone interested in the Iowa Massey Collectors show at
Heritage Park may contact Wayne Saak, 641-521-0215.
In 2012, the Festival featured IH
and hosted the IHC Iowa Chapter
#5. There were about 225 IH
exhibits at the show.
Thank you Heritage Park of North
Iowa for allowing us the
honor of publishing your
2013 Show Guide.
It has been a privilege to capture
a small reflection of the show, the
volunteers, exhibitors and guests
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