Heritage Park of North Iowa 2018 Souvenir Edition

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1 Heritage Park of North Iowa 2018 Souvenir Edition Forest City, IA

2 Heritage Park of North Iowa 2018 Schedule of Events Kite Day - May 12 th Steam School - May 12 th -13 th Friends of the Park Picnic - July 14th Heritage Festival - July 22 nd Tractor Ride - August 11 th Horse & Mule Event & Civil War Re-enactment - August 25 th - 26 th Steam Threshing Festival - Hosting International Harvester Collectors Chapter 5 - State Show - September 14 th - 16 th Junkapalooza - September 29 th - 30 th Tour of Lights - Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from Thanksgiving until Christmas Christmas Church Service & Soup Supper - December 15 th Heritage Park of North Iowa is a 91-acre site located on the South edge of Forest City, Iowa. The Park is dedicated to the preservation of America's rural heritage. Heritage Park of North Iowa was formed in the fall of 1999 by the Winnebago Historical Society, Inc. and includes the combining of several North Iowa organization efforts to preserve the history of rural America. Heritage Park of North Iowa is a project of the Winnebago Historical Society. For a description of our Core Values, Mission, Vision, Behaviors, Organization and Operational Overview please click here. Heritage Park of North Iowa welcomes the involvement Thank you to all sponsors for your support of Heritage Park of North Iowa. Come and join us throughout the year! Be sure to check out our website for upcoming events:

3 Check out the various log cabins at the park. They depict different eras of our heritage. Be sure you stop by the Transportation Museum where you can see bikes, cars, trucks, and so much more as you travel through another era.

4 Heritage Park of North Iowa - Forest City, Iowa

5 1. Hwy Hwy. B Heritage Lane 4. Parking, no trucks or trailers (see item 26) 5. Rail Road museum 6. Steel Wheel Café 7. Rest room 8. Gas Station, Fire Station, General Store, Blacksmith Shop, Print Shop, Jail, Ice Cream Shop 9. Transportation Museum 10. Gas Tractor Museum 11. Beaver Creek Church 12. Country School 13. Timberland Museum 14. Holtan Farm Museum 15. Rest room 16. Entertainment Pavilion 17. Farm House, Garage & Outside Laundry Kitchen 18. Barn & Petting Zoo, Corn Crib, and farm tools 19. Steam Threshing Museum 20. Horse Barn & horse activities 21. Sawmill 22. Farm demonstrations, parade, & tractor pull 23. Trolley Shed & RR Tool Shed 24. Horse Drawn Equipment 25. Flywheel Engine Museum 26. Camping, trailer, and truck parking 27. Future RV Museum, vendors 28. Loading dock 29. Amphitheater 30. Store 31. Information & Registration 32. Auction (when held) 33. Scale Models 34. To field events Farmstead Barn Museum

6 Blacksmithing In days of the past, a settlement needed to build homes and businesses to strive and grow. It needed nails and tools to build these structures, both of which a blacksmith forged. The blacksmith was also the person who shoed horses before the farrier trade was developed. For these main reasons, the blacksmith was considered one of the most important tradesmen to a community. In 2001, Heritage Park volunteers constructed a Blacksmithing building on the grounds using lumber cut from the Park s sawmill. With years of on-hand training, knowledge and skill, Duane (Dewey) & Karen Roll, owners of Robins Blacksmithing, located between Forest City and Lake Mills, IA, volunteer in this building by demonstrating their trades of blacksmithing and coppersmithing. These demonstrations are given during all of the Parks events and can be even reserved for private sessions. While visiting the Park, make sure to stop by to see a demonstration. Dewey & Karen will share their knowledge of these old-world-trades as they keep you entertained. Watching the blacksmith at work.

7 Guided Tours Guided Tours of the Park are Tuesday & 1:00 pm from June to August or by appointment. Cost is $5 per person and kids 12 & under are free. Have a class reunion or other special gathering? Customize a tour for your group! The Park s tour guide will work with you to coordinate s special tour just for you. Contact to make arrangements.

8 Heritage Park Tractor Ride August 11 th, 2018 The annual tractor ride, sponsored by the Forest City Chamber of Commerce and Heritage Park of North Iowa, is an experience of traveling through North Iowa s country roads and small towns at a speed that allows you to really see the countryside. All you need is a tractor from the 1960s or older that is capable of a 50 to 70 mile drive, usually on asphalt roads. (The trip is divided into two groups, a fast group and a slow group depending on the speed of your tractor.) Along the ride, you ll find plenty of food, coffee, and visits with neighbors and new friends. Participants are young and old, men and women, so join the fun! The tractor ride starts at Heritage Park around 7:00 AM with coffee and rolls and a short talk on the route and safety. The groups travel together and enjoy breaks for coffee, rest stops, and a noon meal. The trip ends at Heritage Park around 3:00 PM for more treats! There is a very modest fee to cover expenses, please contact the Forest City Chamber of Commerce at or chamber1@wctatel.net for more information.

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10 2018 Horse and Mule Event with Civil War Reenactment 25th & 26th August, 2018 Our second year of the Horse and Mule event has been expanded too include the Civil War. Watch the Civil War come to life. Visit the encampments, both Union and Confederate, learn what really happened. View and participate in demonstrations within the period camps. Civil War displays, and drills daily with a historical battle each afternoon. We will have President Lincoln on the grounds overseeing the Union troops and visiting with the public. Period entertainment both days, and a Dance Saturday at 6 p.m. upstairs of the Horse Barn. The primary event is for and about all Horses and Mules plus the other working animals on the farm. An opportunity to see the horses and mules at work and play. Talk with and watch the teamsters work. Watch the fieldwork, plowing and disking. The horses will use ground power sweeps to perform Corn shelling, Corn grinding, Oat threshing, Sorghum pressing and use an operational Hay press. Enjoy coach and wagon rides around the park grounds. Look over the displayed vintage and modern equipment of animal powered equipment. See a house moved by horse or mule power. See an original circus wagon pulled by two teams of horses or mules. Most of the Parks museums and displays will be open. Witness a Blacksmith working metal stock into tools and useful items, some even available for sale. Food vendors will also be available, so the family can make a day of it.

11 Tentative Open Schedule: (both days) Subject to Change. 8:00 a.m. Gates, Grounds, and Civil War encampments Open to Public (Animal powered rides begin) 10:00 a.m. Museums Open and Animal Powered demonstrations, and Blacksmith demonstrations start. 11:00 a.m. Entertainment & President Lincoln around the grounds. 12:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch 1:00 p.m. Horse powered Threshing 2:30 p.m. Civil War Lesson and Introduction (( Animal operations to end )) 3:00 p.m. Civil War Battle 4:00 p.m. or after battle House Moving via horse power 6:00 p.m. Gates close Saturday only 6:00 p.m. Civil War period Dance upstairs of the Horse Barn (open to all) Sunday only 9:00 a.m. Church Service by Cowboys for Christ (open to all) Admission is via a Souvenir Button at $8.00 good for both days. Any questions contact information: Keith W. Kyle Phone: kwkyle@wctatel.net 314 2nd Ave SW

12 Annual Heritage Park Steam Festival Featuring International Harvester Products! Hosting: Iowa Chapter 5 International Harvester Collectors Club

13 35 th Annual Steam Threshing Festival September 14-16, 2018 Be sure to mark your calendars and join us for a weekend of fun! Plowing, Museums, Kids Games, Tractors, Steam Engines, Rafters, Vendors, Barn Dance, Spark Show, Tractor Pull, Threshing Machines, Food and Much More!

14 2018 Steam Threshing Festival Schedule of Events Friday, September 14, :00 am - Grounds Open Up 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Museums Open Trolley Rides 9:30 am - 5:00 pm Scale Model Demonstrations Flywheel engine Demonstrations Watch throughout the day for various Threshing, Plowing, Steam Ice Cream Making, Steam Corn Shelling, and so much more. 12:00 pm (Noon) Parade of Power/Noon Whistle Saturday, September 15, :00 am - Grounds Open Up 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Museums Open Trolley Rides 9:30 am - 5:00 pm Scale Model Demonstrations Flywheel engine Demonstrations Watch throughout the day for various Threshing, Plowing, Steam Ice Cream Making, Steam Corn Shelling, and so much more. 12:00 pm (Noon) Parade of Power/Noon Whistle 5:30 pm Bologna & Sweet Corn Feed 7:00 pm Barn Dance (above Horse Barn) Sunday, September 16, :00 am - Grounds Open Up 9:00 am - Church Service 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Museums Open Trolley Rides 9:30 am - 5:00 pm Scale Model Demonstrations Flywheel engine Demonstrations Watch throughout the day for various Threshing, Plowing, Steam Ice Cream Making, Steam Corn Shelling, and so much more. 12:00 pm (Noon) Parade of Power/Noon Whistle 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Kids Games Get complete listing of events at the Registration Building.

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16 Junkapalooza Saturday Sept. 29 & Sunday Sept. 30 This two-day event is for purveyors and shoppers of vintage finds, antiques and repurposed pieces, plus some of your favorite home-based businesses, swap meet vendors and traders of all kinds. Plus, this event features family fun activities for every age all located on the grounds of Heritage Park of North Iowa. Kids activities include horse rides, games, and more all costing nothing for the kids to do! Admission is $2 per adult and kids 12 and under are free. Interested is being a vendor? Contact Be sure to check this event out on Facebook Junkapalooza.

17 Buffalo Center, IA Forest City, IA Kiester, MN Leland, IA Winnebago, MN Holiday Tour of Lights Friday, Nov. 23-Christmas Eve Through community sponsor donations, Heritage Park has constructed brightly lit holiday displays throughout the Park for people to drive thru to see during the holiday season beginning on the night after Thanksgiving and runs through Christmas Eve. Santa Claus is here each night in the warming house. Admission is a free will donation. All donations collected will be distributed among non-profit volunteer organizations & Heritage Park. Families from a 100-mile radius will drive to Forest City over the holiday season to view these displays. Family oriented, fun, entertaining, and simply amazing are just a few of the ways visitors have described this event. Interested is being a sponsor? Contact Be sure to check this event out on Facebook Holiday Tour of Lights.

18 Young Old Iron Collector One of the younger old iron collectors that is making a mark on the hobby is Bodie Turner. Bodie is the grandson of renown old iron collector Kenny Kass from Dunkerton, Iowa. Having a grandfather and mentor as notorious as Kenny of course probably significantly influenced Bodie, but nevertheless Bodie is a hard and true collector in his own right. Bodie is 13 years old and in the seventh grade at Dunkerton middle school. Bodie s first acquisition at the age of 7 was a horse and a half Associated gas engine. From there he has expanded his collection to a dozen John Deere tractors. All of his John Deere tractors except for one are all unstyled. He also owns a Rumley Oil Pull Orchard tractor which is a very rare tractor. His most recent acquisition is a rare Wisconsin tractor. Bodie has an impressive collection of flywheel gas engines also. Now these gas engines are by no means the common ones like John Deere, International or Fairbanks Morse. His collection includes a side shaft 12 horse Brown and Cockran, a two horse air cooled Bluffton and a horse and a half Ingeco. That s not to say he doesn t own the more common gas engines like the hit and miss Fairbanks Morse that he has. Bodie is also into collecting items such as stick pins, pencils and watch fobs of antique tractors and gas engines. He also has a collection of Winchester rifles. When asked what his favorite tractor is he answered his Wisconsin. The tractor is currently undergoing restoration. After he got the engine tore down he discovered the engine to be in very poor condition. He is hoping to find a replacement engine so if you know of one he would be very thankful. From his grandfather's collection he couldn t zero in to just one, but he did get it down to three: 1) the 20 Horse Fairbanks Morse, 2) the American and 3) the square radiator Aultman Taylor. His favorite tractor outside of his or Kenny s collection is the Twin City. Bodie negotiates his deals personally. Kenny says that he is very good at it too. Bodies does his research before entering a negotiation.

19 Young Old Iron Collector (cont) He reads books and periodicals, looks at similar items that have sold by looking at the various auction sites. He also has a network of fellow collectors that he uses as a resource. Might have guessed by now, he keeps himself well informed about not only about his current acquisition dealings, but most everything about the hobby. Of course, Bodie s mentor and grandfather has had a tremendous influence of Bodie s old iron obsession. Kenny s collection includes numerous John Deere's, gas engines and prairie tractors. Kenny also has restored numerous Waterloo Boy tractions and his restorations are recognized as one of the most authentic restorations around. Bodie helps Kenny with the restorations as well. He like getting himself dirty working on the old iron. Kenny and Bodie make a great team together. They go to swap meets, auctions and shows together. They usually go to the LeSueur swap meet where this year Bodie found a magneto for a Oil Pull. The neat thing is he was walking through the lines by himself and recognized what it was. He negotiated a price and promptly showed his grandfather his find. School does not get in the way when an opportunity presents itself. This year the duo plan to go to shows in Crosby, North Dakota; Cool Springs, PA; Cedar Falls, IA; Rollag, MN and Heritage Park in Forest City, IA. You can usually find Bodie in the Prairie Tractor area and very often operation one of the tractors. Kenny says this is his OJT other education. Bodie also helps with the family s farming operation. Kenny farms 2,800 acres and Bodie has been operating the big farm tractors and combines for several years now. Last year at the age of 12 Bodie started his own farming operation. As he did last year, Bodie farms 80 acres on his own. He went to the local bank to secure a loan to put the crop in. He manages all aspects of his farming operation. Needless to say, Bodie is planning on farming to be his career. He is also going to go to Voc-Tech school after high school to take up mechanic as he knows he can use those skills on the farm and in his hobby.

20 Young Old Iron Collector (cont) When asked what he finds most interesting in the hobby he says the wonderful people he meets along the way and hunting for old iron. If you want to meet Bodie, chances are he will be in the prairie tractor or gas engine areas of Heritage Park s Stem Threshing Festival in September, 2018.

21 656 Restoration Project by Aaron Wade (Chapter 5 President) I purchased this 656 from a friend 9 years ago with the intentions of using it on the farm and someday giving it a full mechanical overhaul. I was actively collecting all of the 06 series machines from 1966 and this tractor was the right year. I also liked the look of the 656 very much. A few months on the farm and it was very evident that the 263 engine was very tired. The tractor was parked in the back of the shed until I could bring it back to life. Several years passed and I collected the parts I would need to complete the restoration one piece at a time. Flash forward to 2015 and the announcement that the 656 was to be the feature tractor at the Roundup in Des Moines. It was now or never to finish this project! Late December of 2016, I pulled the 656 out of the shed and up to the shop. The engine was pulled and rebuilt along with the TA, clutch, and hydraulic pumps. The radiator appeared to be brand new, one of the few things that did not need replaced! Hooked the 656 on the dyno down at Glen' s tractor repair in Montezuma to break the engine in; only to discover the pto was slipping. So, it was rebuilt too! Back home again and the tedious job of power washing a lifetime of dirt and crud commenced. I removed as many parts off the machine as i could and had to drag it into the shop because it could no longer be driven! Then the 656 was totally disassembled on stands for final prep. I rebuilt the 3 point, added a second hydraulic valve, installed rear axle seals, rebuilt the brakes, removed and painted the inside of both frame rails. Cast rear wheels were installed to replace the stamped steel rims it came with, and installed a wide front axle. An overnight, 18 1/2 hour painting marathon and the entire tractor was IH red again. Waiting on the paint to cure, I rebuilt the seat suspension and mounted the tires. Assembly took place over the course of a week, including front suitcase weights, rear weights and flat top fenders. New belts, hoses and a wiring harness completed the job.

22 656 Restoration Project (cont) Two days before the 656 had to leave for Des Moines. My responsibilities as a Roundup chairman had taken valuable time away from the 656 project. I installed a battery and poured fuel in the tank. The tractor would not start. An entire night and no solution in sight. I went to work exhausted and defeated. Something was wrong with the harness, and the solenoid on the carburetor was not receiving electricity. I had to wash up the remaining tractors and load them for the Roundup. The 656 was staying home. I avoided the 656 for a month, a bitter sign of my failure to complete the project on time. Finally, I resolved to finish what I had started. I inspected every connection to discover that the wire leading to the solenoid was not seated into the harness connector. A quick adjustment and a turn of the key. and the familiar click of the solenoid energizing made me smile. I hit the starter button and the 263 sputtered into a familiar purr. Yes! Victorious, I grabbed the hood and placed it on. Wait! The exhaust hole is in the wrong place? I had mistakenly painted a diesel hood from my parts stash to replace the wrinkled original! My laughter echoed through the small shop. Determined to finish, I retrieved the original hood, it did not look so bad after all. Moments later, I drive the 656 out into the evening light on a victory lap north into the field. You know, maybe I should replace the muffler...

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26 Original A&W Root Beer stand built in our location in These are the sons of the original owners Leonard and Alma Arne.

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