In 1997, the Reunion had several issues. Somehow the club's F-20 tractor was accidentally parked in one of the men's restrooms. Parking and traffic became enough of a problem (which wasn't solved by a slew of arrows on paper plates) that mid-show we closed the Cox Road entrance and directed spectators to use the County M entrance. And, much to our distress, the Rock River Cannonball derailed twice. On the positive side, we started having winter shows in the Janesville Mall; Hergert Welding donated a power hammer to our Blacksmith Shop; and we began rebuilding the train track.

Construction tractors and equipment were our featured tractor while Briggs & Stratton was our featured engine. Lillian Anderson was our Reunion Queen.

1997 Souvenir Album Index:

• Front Cover - Rock River Cannonball
• Inside Front Cover - [photos] Officers (Todd Ligman, Treasurer; Don Lux, President; Carol Studebaker, Secretary/Newsletter Editor; and Dale Onsrude, Vice President) - Charles Henrickson, Board Member - Tom Lean, Board Member - Guy Fay, Board Member - Dennis Jacobs, Board Member - Jim Homann, Board Member - Ed Riese, Board Member - Dave Stricker, Board Member
• Page 1 - Welcome letter from President Don B. Lux - [photo] Don Lux
• Page 2 - [photos] 1997 Queen Lillian Anderson - 1996 Queen Ellen Horton - list of former Thresheree Queens
• Page 3 - Map of Threshermen's Park - schedule of events
• Page 4 - [article] "Some of the Attractions at our Show" - [photos] tractors on trailer - shuttle wagon - Thresheree Booth - Brian Lux, Glenda Beggs, Carol Studebaker, Jackie Brown, Janet Lux and Danielle Beggs inside the Thresheree Booth
• Pages 5 - [photos] Gas engines - gas engines - Bryon Riese and Van Loeffel with our 1923 50hp Fairbanks Model YKA engine
• Page 6 - [photos] Water dippers (ladles) - aerial view of steam engine and tractor rows - Richard Wagner and his model engines - Mike Kowalkowski and Jim Homann - Aaron Studebaker - threshing scene - threshing scene
• Page 7 - [photos] Harry Schell sawmill - sawmill interior - sawmill interior - Harry "Marty" Studebaker with his steam traction engine on the sawmill - Marvin Rustad operating the sawmill - model engines - garden tractors
• Page 8 - [photos] Spectators at the Blacksmith & Wheelwright Shop - Mike Rosensteel and Guy Fay - Valarie Weiman - Carol & Norm Aulabuagh selling train tickets - Mary Slowey at her Mary Poppins stand - Rock River Cannonball pulling into the depot - Ortha's Rib stand
• Page 9 - [photos; exact duplicate of page 7]
• Page 10 - [photos; exact duplicate of page 8]
• Page 11 - [photos] Ken Kidder's log cabin - Ken Kidder carving - McNally family carving & spinning - aerial view of gas station and car show - pile driver - gristmill - Vincent Schmaltz, Armand Graffin and Rich Gilbertson selling cornmeal - Bob Babler and Glenn Beedy with our steam calliope
• Page 12 - [photos] Museum of Agriculture & Industry interior - George Mason, Glenn Beedy and Tom Helgesen - Rock River Buckskinners - tractors in the Parade of Power - Walt Shepherd, David Dean and Ron Bennett - Paul Anderson proposing to Angela Babler during the Parade of Power - Louis Henkel's campsite - cooking camper
• Page 13 - [photos] Flea Market - Lester Pratt (our first outdoor vendor) - LaVon & Wendell Bennett - aeriel view of the Flea Market
• Page 14 - [photos] Jan McCafferty and Jerry O'Kane - Lorraine Wargin - J. C. North - Lola & John Burchett - Dorothy Chapman - Eva & Ron Kirschbaum
• Page 15 - [photos] Ken Branson - Hedy & Maurice Wahl - Rita & Gus Ehmkee - Jeanne & Erich Heinicken - Wilma Jean McCullock - Dale Thuron
• Page 16 - [photos] Dinah & Henry Wallace - Royal & Norma Billman - Marguerite & Harold Nelson - Elaine Lambert - Flea Market
• Page 17 - [article] "Why Crawler Tractors?"
• Page 18 - [article] "Briggs & Stratton" (taken from The Legend of Briggs & Stratton, by Jeffrey L. Rodengen)
• Page 19 - [photos] Club's Advance steam traction engine - Doni Lux on his Cub Cadet - Rob Shepherd on his Oliver 66 Row Crop tractor - Van Loeffel's fire truck - John Milner's Nichols & Shepard steam traction engine (previously owned by Russ Bellman) - Oliver Cletrac - Garrity family's scale steam traction engines and wagons - electric car - Carl Jacob's Monarch 75 Caterpillar - Don Landis' fire truck - Chuck McFarlane's 1950 Oliver Orchard tractor
• Page 20 - [photos] Terry Lean's McCormick Deering tractor - Avery gas tractor - Mike & Sandy Hinchley with their baby buggies - covered wagon - crawlers
• Page 21 - [photos; exact duplicate of page 19]
• Page 22 - [photos; exact duplicate of page 20]
• Page 23 - [photos] Arlie Levy - Rick Cronk - Jack Brown and Roger Brown - Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Taylor - John Mullarkey - Ellen Diedrick, Genevieve Lux and LaVon Bennett with our Thresheree blanket
• Page 24 - [photos] Vincent Schmaltz - members working on a train car - Fred Rickert III - Wendell Bennett, Dave Stricker & Harold Mauerman golfing - Santa Claus (Don Lux) - train crew (Ron Finster, Larry Schlender and Charlie Hendrickson)
• Page 25 - [photos] - Louis Heller and nephew Jeff Heller - Dale Dean - Dan Zumstein - Albert Long - Ted Mudek - Wes Hopper - George Starks
• Page 26 - [article] Threshing - [photos] cutting grain - Wes Nelson & Barry Beggs - David Dean, Dennis Jacobs and Mike Kowakowski loading wagon - John Mauerman hauling oats - threshing with a steam traction engine - truck full of grain
• Page 27 - Member list
• Page 28 - Member list - deceased members
• Inside Back Cover - Caretakers & Maintenance - [photos] Dawn Hendrickson with son Clayton - Charlie Hendrickson - trash crew (Jerry Olson, Robert Olin, George Starks and Eric Olin) - Louis & Joyce Goeck
• Back Cover - Thanks - [photo] Threshermen's Park gate at County M entrance