Rock River Thresheree - 46th Annual Reunion (2002)




In 2002, Jim Tesch donated his sorghum mill with evaporators to our club. Ron DeGraf received the Fairbanks Morse Co. records and donated them to our Archives. We built three shuttle wagons and, in November, moved the Fulton Town Hall to our grounds. The caretaker's new house was completed.

Allis-Chalmers was our featured tractor; Hercules was our featured engine. Bridjet Kobelt was our Reunion Queen. Our 2002 Souvenir Album was dedicated to Francis Reiner.

2002 Souvenir Album Index:

Front Cover - James Homann's 1929 Allis-Chalmers United tractor
Inside Front Cover - Map of Threshermen's Park - schedule of events
Page 1 - Welcome letter from President Todd A. Ligman - [ photos] Todd Ligman - Threshermen's Park gate
Page 2 - Tribute to Francis Reiner - [photo] Francis Reiner
Page 3 - [photos] Henschel locomotive ("Spike") - 3-cylinder Fairbank Morse engine - 6-cylinder Fairbanks Morse engine - shuttle wagon
Page 4 - [article] "Allis Chalmers"- [photo] Allis-Chalmers tractor - [logo] Allis-Chalmers, Milwaukee
Page 5 - [article] "Feature Engine - Hercules" - [2 photos of Hercules engines]
Page 6 - [photos] Carl Tuttle's 1913 110hp Case steam traction engine - Case 300 tractor - Case "Fence Catcher" tractor
Page 7 - [photos] John Mullarkey's 75hp Case steam traction engine - Case L tractor - Norm Meinert's 12-25 Case getting ready to plow - Chuck Sindlair's 9hp Case steam traction engine with water wagon - Jim Kruse's 6hp Case portable steam engine - Pam Yahnke on a Case 500 Diesel tractor
Page 8 - [article] "Grain" - [photos] Cal Bader discing a field - repairing a binder - binding the oats
Page 9 - [article, cont.] "Grain" - [photos] shocking grain - throwing bundles into a thresher - bagging the grain - Cal Bader bailing straw
Page 10 - [photos] Flea market - spring Swap Meet - stand of manuals - shoppers at the flea market - shoppers at the flea market
Page 11 - [advertisement] 47th Annual Rock River Thresheree Reunion
Page 12 - [photos] "Implement Repair, Blacksmith Shop" sign - Blacksmith Shop interior - Ed Cole - blacksmith grinding - blacksmith at the vise
Page 13 - [photos] setting a log at the pile driver - pile driver in action - grinding cormeal in the gristmill - gristmill building exterior - pony rides - Pete Burno and Phil Tucker on the steam derrick
Pages 14-15 - [3 panoramic photos] Case steam traction engines - threshing with a Case steam traction engine, Case separator, Case wagon and Case tractor - 45th Annual Reunion member photo
Page 16 - [photos] Scale steam traction engine with 1913 Case steam traction engine - Joel and his home-made steam buggy - 1914 16hp M. Rumely steam traction engine - Ralfph Noggle's 50hp Case steam traction engine - John & Cathy Milner on their 16hp Nichols & Shepard steam traction engine - Jim Tesch's 80hp Case steam traction engine
Page 17 - [photos] Pat Mullarkey on his Keck-Gonnerman steam traction engine- club's Advance Rumely steam traction engine - Ron Taylor, Jr. on his Advance Rumely steam traction engine - Dean Misor's 50hp Case steam traction engine - plowing with a steam traction engine
Page 18 - [photos] David Bradley Walkbehind tractor with riding sulky - Rumely OilPull tractor - 1949 Minneapolis Moline Z tractor - IHC Titan tractor - Economy tracotrs in the Parade of Power - Massey-Harris Mustang tractor
Page 19 - [photos] John Deere 420 tractor - Jeff Grunzel's Farmall H tractor - Allis-Chalmers WC tractor - Allis-Chalmers garden tractor - 1953 Ford tractor - Oliver 660 tractor
Page 20 - [photos] 3-cylinder Fairbanks Morse engine - 4-cylinder Fairbanks Morse engine - Tim Horton and the Frost engine he restored - model engines - gas engines
Page 21 - [photos] Thresheree Booth - Rock River Cannonball - chuck wagon - GTO at the car show - antique automobile - bird's-eye view of Threshermen's Park
Page 22 - [photos] Bill & Leta Valkow's 1911 Reo automobile - Rock County Historical Society's 1922 ¾-ton Samson truck - Dawn Hendrickson - binding corn with a Farmall tractor - music - shuttle wagon riders
Page 23 - [photos] 2002 Queen Bridjet Kobelt - 2001 Queen Glenda Beggs - list of former Thresheree Queens
Page 24 - [photos] - Charlie Hendrickson, Vice President - Carol Studebaker, Secretary - Wava Jean Nelson, Treasurer - Steve Agnew, Board Member - Bob Babler, Board Member - Cal Bader, Board Member - Roger Brown, Board Member - Walt Burkheimer, Board Member - David Dean, Board Member - James Homann, Board Member - Dale Onsrud, Board Member - Ed Riese, Board Member - Ron Taylor, Board Member
Page 25 - Membership list
Page 26 - Membership list
Page 27 - Memorial to deceased members - [photo] Harlan Wade - list of deceased members
Page 28 - [advertisement] 5th Annual Rock River Thresheree Swap Meet
Inside back cover - [classic photo] Francis Reiner on his Case steam traction engine - Show Book staff list
Back Cover - Thank you - [photo] aerial view of Threshermen's Park

	In 2002, Jim Tesch donated his sorghum mill with evaporators to our club. Ron DeGraf received the Fairbanks Morse Co. records and donated them to our Archives. We built three shuttle wagons and, in November, moved the Fulton Town Hall to our grounds. The caretaker's new house was completed. Allis-Chalmers was our featured tractor; Hercules was our featured engine. Bridjet Kobelt was our Reunion Queen. Our 2002 Souvenir Album was dedicated to Francis Reiner.

2002 Souvenir Album Index: Front Cover - James Homann's 1929 Allis-Chalmers United tractor Inside Front Cover - Map of Threshermen's Park - schedule of events Page 1 - Welcome letter from President Todd A. Ligman - [ photos] Todd Ligman - Threshermen's Park gate Page 2 - Tribute to Francis Reiner - [photo] Francis Reiner Page 3 - [photos] Henschel locomotive ("Spike") - 3-cylinder Fairbank Morse engine - 6-cylinder Fairbanks Morse engine - shuttle wagon Page 4 - [article] "Allis Chalmers"- [photo] Allis-Chalmers tractor - [logo] Allis-Chalmers, Milwaukee Page 5 - [article] "Feature Engine - Hercules" - [2 photos of Hercules engines] Page 6 - [photos] Carl Tuttle's 1913 110hp Case steam traction engine - Case 300 tractor - Case "Fence Catcher" tractor Page 7 - [photos] John Mullarkey's 75hp Case steam traction engine - Case L tractor - Norm Meinert's 12-25 Case getting ready to plow - Chuck Sindlair's 9hp Case steam traction engine with water wagon - Jim Kruse's 6hp Case portable steam engine - Pam Yahnke on a Case 500 Diesel tractor Page 8 - [article] "Grain" - [photos] Cal Bader discing a field - repairing a binder - binding the oats Page 9 - [article, cont.] "Grain" - [photos] shocking grain - throwing bundles into a thresher - bagging the grain - Cal Bader bailing straw Page 10 - [photos] Flea market - spring Swap Meet - stand of manuals - shoppers at the flea market - shoppers at the flea market Page 11 - [advertisement] 47th Annual Rock River Thresheree Reunion Page 12 - [photos] "Implement Repair, Blacksmith Shop" sign - Blacksmith Shop interior - Ed Cole - blacksmith grinding - blacksmith at the vise Page 13 - [photos] setting a log at the pile driver - pile driver in action - grinding cormeal in the gristmill - gristmill building exterior - pony rides - Pete Burno and Phil Tucker on the steam derrick Pages 14-15 - [3 panoramic photos] Case steam traction engines - threshing with a Case steam traction engine, Case separator, Case wagon and Case tractor - 45th Annual Reunion member photo Page 16 - [photos] Scale steam traction engine with 1913 Case steam traction engine - Joel and his home-made steam buggy - 1914 16hp M. Rumely steam traction engine - Ralfph Noggle's 50hp Case steam traction engine - John & Cathy Milner on their 16hp Nichols & Shepard steam traction engine - Jim Tesch's 80hp Case steam traction engine Page 17 - [photos] Pat Mullarkey on his Keck-Gonnerman steam traction engine- club's Advance Rumely steam traction engine - Ron Taylor, Jr. on his Advance Rumely steam traction engine - Dean Misor's 50hp Case steam traction engine - plowing with a steam traction engine Page 18 - [photos] David Bradley Walkbehind tractor with riding sulky - Rumely OilPull tractor - 1949 Minneapolis Moline Z tractor - IHC Titan tractor - Economy tracotrs in the Parade of Power - Massey-Harris Mustang tractor Page 19 - [photos] John Deere 420 tractor - Jeff Grunzel's Farmall H tractor - Allis-Chalmers WC tractor - Allis-Chalmers garden tractor - 1953 Ford tractor - Oliver 660 tractor Page 20 - [photos] 3-cylinder Fairbanks Morse engine - 4-cylinder Fairbanks Morse engine - Tim Horton and the Frost engine he restored - model engines - gas engines Page 21 - [photos] Thresheree Booth - Rock River Cannonball - chuck wagon - GTO at the car show - antique automobile - bird's-eye view of Threshermen's Park Page 22 - [photos] Bill & Leta Valkow's 1911 Reo automobile - Rock County Historical Society's 1922 ¾-ton Samson truck - Dawn Hendrickson - binding corn with a Farmall tractor - music - shuttle wagon riders Page 23 - [photos] 2002 Queen Bridjet Kobelt - 2001 Queen Glenda Beggs - list of former Thresheree Queens Page 24 - [photos] - Charlie Hendrickson, Vice President - Carol Studebaker, Secretary - Wava Jean Nelson, Treasurer - Steve Agnew, Board Member - Bob Babler, Board Member - Cal Bader, Board Member - Roger Brown, Board Member - Walt Burkheimer, Board Member - David Dean, Board Member - James Homann, Board Member - Dale Onsrud, Board Member - Ed Riese, Board Member - Ron Taylor, Board Member Page 25 - Membership list Page 26 - Membership list Page 27 - Memorial to deceased members - [photo] Harlan Wade - list of deceased members Page 28 - [advertisement] 5th Annual Rock River Thresheree Swap Meet Inside back cover - [classic photo] Francis Reiner on his Case steam traction engine - Show Book staff list Back Cover - Thank you - [photo] aerial view of Threshermen's Park