A prairie breaking plow as displayed at the Mount Pleasant, Iowa, grounds of the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion. Today few folks would consider the State of Illinois as “The West,” but turn the ...
After being at the scene of the bridge accident in 1882 and told about the boiler explosion in 1884, what indescribable thing was there about a steam engine which caused me to have a desire to operate ...
Report of the third reunion of Zehr’s Central States Steam Engine and Thresher Historical Association held near Pontiac, Illinois The third annual reunion of Zehr’s Central States Steam Engine and ...
19 Port Huron No. 8608 in excellent condition and runs perfect. Owned by Amos A. Post, R. 2, Lewistown, III. (There is nothing wrong with its looks either. Ed.) A Stationary engine in more ways than ...
It was not long before my husband’s retirement from the newspaper publishing business that he amazed me by announcing that he planned to buy a steam traction engine after he retired. Why in the world ...
I would like to add a little history of the steam engine and some other farm implements. The first engine with piston and also safety valve was invented by Denis Pop in of France in 1690.
The data on the opposite page is the result of the economy tests runs of steam traction engines tested at Montpelier, Ohio last June. As in former years, the testing was done on the original A. D.