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Rice County Steam and Gas Engines, Inc.
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Thursday September 01, 2011
Rice County steam and gas engines show
Submitted by Faribault Daily News on Sat, 08/27/2011 - 19:37
The 37th Annual Rice County steam and gas
engines show will be open Sept. 2-4 at the showgrounds, three miles
south of Northfield on Highway 3. The gates will be open from 7 a.m.
until 5:30 p.m. Admission buttons are $7 and are good all weekend for
every event. Kids 12 and under are free. Among the activities taking
place are: a parade of tractors at 12 p.m. daily, hands-on
demonstrations for kids, steam and gas engine displays, a 1920s
Drentlaw farmhouse, classic car and truck display, draft horses and
horse machinery, horse-drawn wagon rides, farm machinery, sawmill,
summer kitchen, potato digging, grain threshing, blacksmithing, a
kid’s pedal tractor pull on Saturday at 2 p.m., a flea market, a
raffle, a tractor pull on Sunday and much more. This event will be
held rain or shine. For more information call Bill Becker, president,
at 507-581-1225; Roger Janak, vice president, at 952-652-2062; or
Carmen Sevcik, secretary, at 507-663-0882, or go online at
www.ricecountysteamandgas.com.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Rice County Steam & Gas Engines, Inc.
Announcing web presence
November 14, 2005 -- Rice County Steam & Gas Engines, Inc.
has evolved from the original 4 members, C.E. Purdie, S.F. Cross, Fred Berndt
and Joe Cross, who started the club in 1975. There are currently over 75 family
memberships and 120 individual memberships. We are dedicated to the preservation
of old engines, tractors and related farm equipment.
Rice County Gas and Steam Engine and Threshing Show Annual Labor Day Weekend
festivities include, but is not limited to the following events:
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• Steam Engines and Antique Tractors
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• Plowing demonstrations |
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• Flea market |
• Auction |
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• Blacksmithing |
• Exhibits and Displays |
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• Parade of tractors |
• Tractor Pulls |
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• Horse-drawn wagon rides |
• Draft Horses & Horse Machinery |
Various fundraising events:
• Omelet breakfast fundraiser• Spaghetti supper
• Annual MeetingRice County Steam & Gas Engines, Inc. recently launched a website at
www.ricecountysteamandgas.com.
Memberships are available for $20 per year (Family) or $15 per year
(Individual). More information or to make a donation or ask about volunteer
opportunities, please contact the club president, Bill Becker at
prairiehorses@hughes.net
Rice County Steam & Gas Engines, Inc. is a non-profit organization located at 11988
Faribault Boulevard in Dundas, Minnesota. We are
Preserving a Bit of Yesterday for Tomorrow.
For More Information Contact:
Rice County Steam & Gas Engines, Inc.
P.O. Box 76
Dundas, MN 55019
Email: Webmaster
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