Historic Power Show to Honor Pike Lumber Co & Feature Oliver Tractors Rochester, Ind. – Organizers are gearing up for the Fulton County Historical Power Show June 15- 17, 2012, located on the Fulton County Historical Society grounds four miles north of Rochester, Indiana, on U.S. 31. Show hours are Friday & Saturday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is $5.00 for adults (age 12 and over), free for children age 11 and under. Free parking and tram rides will be available. The grounds are handicapped accessible. The three-day event will host exhibitors of antique tractors, lawn tractors, hit-n-miss engines, farm equipment, and antique trucks. Toy Show and vendors of a variety of foods, crafts, flea market items, and swap parts will also be available on the grounds. The museum and Living History Village called Loyal, Indiana, will be open during the festival, free of charge to festival attendees. Other visitors coming to the museum and Toy show that weekend will have to pay admissions to the grounds to visit the museum normally open Mon. thru Sat. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. New this year we will have a featured farm – Chosen was the Triple “S” Farm and Kristyle Acres owned by Steve Brown and family. These farms were owned by Richard & Dorothy Brown and have a lot of interesting history in Fulton County. Watch for more detailed story closer to the show. This year the featured tractor this year will be the Oliver triple digit series – challenge is to have 33 of the triple digit tractors at the show. We invite anyone with an Oliver tractor or piece of equipment, no matter what condition to bring it out for display; you do not have to be a member to exhibit. The Oliver Gang will be present at the show. This year’s featured business will be Pike Lumber Co, Akron, Ind. Pike’s will have an exhibit tent in center field of the show and have a display of memorabilia. They will be giving out a stamped shingle at the feature tent. Power King & Economy Lawn tractors will be featured in the garden tractor section. A variety of tractors will be at the show including International Harvester, Farmall H, Allis Chalmers, Ford, John Deere, Case, Minneapolis Moline, Massey Harris, Oliver, Cockshutt, McCormick Deering, etc. All colors are welcome. Also displays of hit-n-miss engines, combine, trucks & other various farm related equipment and miniature train to name a few. This will be seconded year for Antique Trucks Display. Food vendors will provide something for everyone’s taste buds: sandwiches (hot & cold), onion rings, Kettle Korn, ice cream, elephant ears, and cotton candy. The Historical Society will be serving all you-can-eat breakfast buffet each morning starting at 7 a.m. each morning. This includes Sausage Biscuits & Gravy, Hash Browns, Scrambled Eggs, Ham, French Toast, Fruit & Drinks. Also in the air-conditioned meeting room of the museum, lunch will include a submarine sandwich and homemade pie. Activities during the show will include a parade of trucks and tractors each day at 11 a.m.. Tractor games will take place all three days. These contests are all done while on a tractor or garden tractor. Games for the kids are also being planned such as Pedal Tractor Pull and Money in the Straw, and more. Antique tractor light & heavy weight pull will be held at 5 p.m. Friday followed by a miniature horse pull at 7 p.m. Powder puff and team tractor pull will be on Saturday - two tractors pull one old-fashioned stone boat. The teams have to pull evenly to make it work. Northern Indiana Horsepullers Assn. will hold it annual horsepull at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The Indiana Garden Tractor Pullers will hold a pull starting at 9 a.m. Sunday. Followed by the 50/50 pull at 1 p.m. Sunday - both the driver and the tractor have to be 50 years old or older to participate. Demonstrations will include baling hay, corn grinder, burr mills,corn sheller, buzz saw, edger, and sawmill. These activities will take place at different times during the day. Rich Rensberger, president of the Fulton County Historical Power Association, as well as the other members of the group are very enthusiastic in planning the Power Show. Members are from Fulton, Pulaski, Marshall, St. Joseph, Kosciusko, Miami and other counties. Persons interested in joining the group can do so by sending dues of $15 to Fulton Co. Hist. Power Assn, PO Box 773, Rochester, IN 46975. The Power Association is a branch of the Fulton County Historical Society and meets monthly on the second Tuesday at the Fulton County Museum at 7 p.m. The Power Association has this question for you, the reader. What special or unique piece of equipment do you have hidden away in your barn? Would you like to exhibit at a power show? Now is your chance! To exhibit at the power show, please contact the Power Association at the above address or call Melinda Clinger, secretary at 574-223-4436 or e-mail melinda@rtcol.com. You can also check us out on the web page at www.fultoncountyhistory.org. Application information is on the web page. Pictures available upon request or you can use pictures from our web page. If you print this please send us a copy. |
Fulton County Historical Power Show
| Fulton County Historical Society |
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Located in North Central Indiana
| 10th annual Fulton County Historical Power & Toy Show June 14-16, 2013 Rochester, IND |
Chad Lewis, Tiosa, designed the FCHPA logo.
Lewis makes magnetic signs for tractors as well
as advertising signs for vehicles and will have a
display at the Fulton County Historical Power
Show.
Lewis makes magnetic signs for tractors as well
as advertising signs for vehicles and will have a
display at the Fulton County Historical Power
Show.
About the Historical Power Association Logo:
The logo has the shape of Fulton County with a
flag flying in one corner, a windmill in the
background, and a Rumely Oil Pull tractor. This
tractor has a Fulton County connection as Edward
Rumely married Fanny Scott, great-granddaughter
of William Polke, surveyor of the Michigan Road
and Fulton County's first white settler in 1830. She
owned the Fanny Scott farm that was located west
of Rochester on Indiana 14 until her death in 1979.
Meinrad & Jacob Rumely came to Laporte, Ind. in
1848 and founded the original M & J Rumely
Company in 1853. This company was later known
as M. Rumely Company. In 1931 the company
merged with Allis Chalmers and became known as
Allis-Chalmers-Rumely.
Edward Rumely was the son of Joseph Rumely,
and grandson of Meinrad Rumely. He studied at
Oxford and Heidelburg, Germany, where he
became acquainted with Rudolf Diesel. From here
he developed a keen interest in the internal
combustion engine. In 1907 he returned to Laporte
and took a position in the company. Edward then
went to work to produce a reliable farm tractor. A
new shop building was built and with the help of
John A. Secor who developed the carburetor for
the OilPull tractor they started producing in Feb.
1910.
The Rumely OilPull was one of the first engines
able to economically burn kerosene, which was
much cheaper and more plentiful than gasoline.
The logo has the shape of Fulton County with a
flag flying in one corner, a windmill in the
background, and a Rumely Oil Pull tractor. This
tractor has a Fulton County connection as Edward
Rumely married Fanny Scott, great-granddaughter
of William Polke, surveyor of the Michigan Road
and Fulton County's first white settler in 1830. She
owned the Fanny Scott farm that was located west
of Rochester on Indiana 14 until her death in 1979.
Meinrad & Jacob Rumely came to Laporte, Ind. in
1848 and founded the original M & J Rumely
Company in 1853. This company was later known
as M. Rumely Company. In 1931 the company
merged with Allis Chalmers and became known as
Allis-Chalmers-Rumely.
Edward Rumely was the son of Joseph Rumely,
and grandson of Meinrad Rumely. He studied at
Oxford and Heidelburg, Germany, where he
became acquainted with Rudolf Diesel. From here
he developed a keen interest in the internal
combustion engine. In 1907 he returned to Laporte
and took a position in the company. Edward then
went to work to produce a reliable farm tractor. A
new shop building was built and with the help of
John A. Secor who developed the carburetor for
the OilPull tractor they started producing in Feb.
1910.
The Rumely OilPull was one of the first engines
able to economically burn kerosene, which was
much cheaper and more plentiful than gasoline.
Every Day Events
7:00-4:00 Breakfast Buffet & lunch (sub sandwiches and homemade pie) served in
museum meeting room.
9:00-5:00 Museum and Living History Village open.
Food Vendors, Flea Market, Toy and Craft vendors
Center Field Tent - Honoring Winamac Coil Springs, Kewanna, IN
Center Field Tent - Hosting Fred Family Farms/ Graham Bradley & Lesser known tractors
Garden Tractor feature Sears & anything made by Sears - garden tractor area
Raffle Tickets available on Graham Bradley Pedal Tractor & other prizes -
drawing at noon Sunday
Silent Auction held on 1/16 scale Graham Bradley & Avery tractors, and other
miscellaneous items - winners announced at 9 a.m. Sunday
Friday Schedule
Start Time - Activity
9:00 Opening Ceremony
all-day various times - Garden tractor games on drive by blacksmith shop
10:00 Sawmill & Field Demo(threshing, corn shelling & baling)
- south end powered by Steam Engines
11:00 Parade - starting at south end
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch break
1:00 Tractor games on main track - Lily Pearl's Tractor Square Dance
2:00 Pitcher Pump Contest - North end of track
3:00 Tractor games - Lily Pearl's Tractor Square Dance
4:00 Sawmill & Field Demo powered by Steam Engines
7:00- Heavy Weight Antique Tractor Pull
Saturday Schedule
Start Time - Activity
9:00 Opening Ceremony
10:00 Sawmill & Field Demo- south end, powered by Steam Engines
9:30 Tractor Games
10:00 Pedal Tractor Pull & kids games on the main track
11:00 Parade - starting at south end
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch break
1:00 Tractor Pulls: Light & Heavy Weight Pulls- main track
3:00 Field Demo (Baker fan, threshing, corn shelling & baling),
Sawmill Demo - south end, powered by Steam Engines
4:00 - 5:00 Kids games by track area
7:00 Horse Pull - Northern Indiana Horsepullers Assn. at track
Sunday Schedule
Start Time * Activity
9:00 Silent Auction winners announced.
9:00 Church Service in museum - Mike Wilkins
9:00 Team Pull & Powder Puff Antique Tractor Pull - main track
10:00 Opening Ceremony
10:00 Sawmill & Field Demo (Threshing , corn shelling & baling)
- south end, powered by Steam Engines
11:00 Parade - starting at south end
12:00- 1:00 Lunch Break
1:00 - Lily Pearl's Tractor Square Dance
12:00 Announcement of raffle winners
1:00 - Until finished - 50/50 Pull (Driver and tractor must be 50 years
and older
4:00 ? Garden Tractor Weigh-In
5:00? Northern Indiana Garden Tractor Pullers - pull
7:00-4:00 Breakfast Buffet & lunch (sub sandwiches and homemade pie) served in
museum meeting room.
9:00-5:00 Museum and Living History Village open.
Food Vendors, Flea Market, Toy and Craft vendors
Center Field Tent - Honoring Winamac Coil Springs, Kewanna, IN
Center Field Tent - Hosting Fred Family Farms/ Graham Bradley & Lesser known tractors
Garden Tractor feature Sears & anything made by Sears - garden tractor area
Raffle Tickets available on Graham Bradley Pedal Tractor & other prizes -
drawing at noon Sunday
Silent Auction held on 1/16 scale Graham Bradley & Avery tractors, and other
miscellaneous items - winners announced at 9 a.m. Sunday
Friday Schedule
Start Time - Activity
9:00 Opening Ceremony
all-day various times - Garden tractor games on drive by blacksmith shop
10:00 Sawmill & Field Demo(threshing, corn shelling & baling)
- south end powered by Steam Engines
11:00 Parade - starting at south end
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch break
1:00 Tractor games on main track - Lily Pearl's Tractor Square Dance
2:00 Pitcher Pump Contest - North end of track
3:00 Tractor games - Lily Pearl's Tractor Square Dance
4:00 Sawmill & Field Demo powered by Steam Engines
7:00- Heavy Weight Antique Tractor Pull
Saturday Schedule
Start Time - Activity
9:00 Opening Ceremony
10:00 Sawmill & Field Demo- south end, powered by Steam Engines
9:30 Tractor Games
10:00 Pedal Tractor Pull & kids games on the main track
11:00 Parade - starting at south end
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch break
1:00 Tractor Pulls: Light & Heavy Weight Pulls- main track
3:00 Field Demo (Baker fan, threshing, corn shelling & baling),
Sawmill Demo - south end, powered by Steam Engines
4:00 - 5:00 Kids games by track area
7:00 Horse Pull - Northern Indiana Horsepullers Assn. at track
Sunday Schedule
Start Time * Activity
9:00 Silent Auction winners announced.
9:00 Church Service in museum - Mike Wilkins
9:00 Team Pull & Powder Puff Antique Tractor Pull - main track
10:00 Opening Ceremony
10:00 Sawmill & Field Demo (Threshing , corn shelling & baling)
- south end, powered by Steam Engines
11:00 Parade - starting at south end
12:00- 1:00 Lunch Break
1:00 - Lily Pearl's Tractor Square Dance
12:00 Announcement of raffle winners
1:00 - Until finished - 50/50 Pull (Driver and tractor must be 50 years
and older
4:00 ? Garden Tractor Weigh-In
5:00? Northern Indiana Garden Tractor Pullers - pull
