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Rock River Thresheree, Inc.

Since 1955
34th Annual Reunion (1990)
1990 Souvenir Album

In 1990, our new depot -- patterned after the depot at Orfordville, WI -- was well under way. A survey of the park was completed and a new well put in by Govert. The Gristmill building was completed, the Pile Driver re-housed and the train depot finished. Frank Bros. put in our County M entrance road and we constructed several shuttle stops. Brad Smith donated an oil pumping engine and Pabst Brewing donated a refrigeration engine.

Gerald Peer of Blue River, our sawyer, passed away and Marvin Rustad took over. A Civil War renactment was held at Threshermen's Park.

Case tractors were the feature of our show. Julie Dobson was our Reunion Queen.


1990 Souvenir Album Index:

  • Front Cover - Case tractor
  • Page 1 - Welcome letter from President Don Lux - [photo] Don Lux
  • Page 2 - [photos] 1990 Queen Julie Dobson on a John Deere H tractor - 1898 Queen Edna Durst
  • Page 3 - [photos] overhead view of Oliver tractors in Parade of Power - Jim Tesch plowing with his 80hp Case steam traction engine - Charlie Birkrem driving Fran Reiner's 65hp Case steam traction engine
  • Page 4 - [5 photos from the 1990 harvest]
  • Page 5 - [8 photos from the tractor pulls] LaVon Bennett - Guerdon Dieter - Wendell Bennett - Mark Smith - Lonnie Thompson - Carol Smith - Dave Stricker - Wilbur Shepherd
  • Page 6 - [photos] Old Timers Band - Old Timers Band - Dan Reilly - Dan Reilly
  • Page 7 - [photos] Close-up of a log in the pile driver - pile driver in action - Todd Ligman on top of the pile driver tower taking photos - Dick Rasmussen watching from the pile driver house - pile driver house in progress - pile driver house in progress
  • Page 8 - [photos] Spectators watching the blacksmiths - blacksmiths - Todd Ligman welding track cross pieces - crowd with pile driver in the background
  • Page 9 - Map of Threshermen's Park - schedule of events
  • Page 10 - [photos] John Mullarkey with his 65hp Case steam traction engine on the sawmill - Walt Durst with his scale Case steam traction engine - scale Case steam traction engine - Gerald Prentice on his Case tractor pulling a wagon of implements - Ted Mudek's Case C tractor
  • Page 11 - [photos] Case steam traction engine as seen from the top of the pile driver tower - Ted Mudek's Case steam traction engine - Jim Tesch's 80hp Case steam traction engine - Vern Burno & sons on his 50hp Case steam roller - Ed Riese on his 20-40 Case gas tractor - John Mullarkey on his Case steam traction engine
  • Page 12 - [photos] Minneapolis steam traction engine - Harold Mauerman on his Titan tractor - Ed Riese on his John Deere R - Keck-Gonnerman steam traction engine - Bruce & Sue Lux on their Farmall F-12 tractor - Bryon Riese on his John Deere 80 Diesel tractor
  • Page 13 - [photos] Bernard Richter's Allis Chalmers WC tractor - Brian Lux on a Farmall F-20 pulling a separator - Wendell Bennett's 15-30 McCormick Deering - George Klein on his McCormick Deering, pulling a water wagon - Walter Shepherd on a John Deere MT tractor - Sid Stolen on a Farmer's Union Co-Op tractor
  • Page 14 - [photos] Charlie Hendrickson driving the Rock River Cannonball - Rock River Cannonball - passengers getting on the Cannonballl - volunteers working on the train depot - train depot
  • Page 15 - [photos in tribute to Carl H. Miller] - Carl Miller and his gas engines - Carl Miller's gas engines - Syl Henry and Carl Miller - one of Carl Miller's gas engines
  • Page 16 - [photos] Shingle mill in operation - Glenn Beedy with his scale locomotive - George Erbe's collection of scale engines on James Leete's semi tractor trailer - old oil pump - cornmeal building in progress - Dave Stricker and others with a baler
  • Page 17 - [photos] Pat Lean selling souvenirs - Carl Smith - Ron Kimball on a garden tractor - Thresheree Booth - Flea Market - Flea Market
  • Page 18 - [photos] Gas Station - classic automobile - cars at the car show - cars at the car show - Carl Jacobs' in his Chevrolet - antique Ford automobile
  • Page 19 - Member list
  • Page 20 - Member list - Thresheree Queens (1972-1990) - Deceased members
  • Back Cover - [photo] 65hp Case steam traction engine