KONNER METZ kmetz@chespub.com Aug 5, 2025 Aug 5, 2025 0 FEDERALSBURG — In 1961, Jim Layton and some neighbors gathered off of Route 313 to thresh wheat using one steam engine. That modest ...

Kansas author Glenn Ediger left no threshing stone unturned as he embarked on a historical treasure hunt for the tools used by the Mennonites who settled in and around central Kansas. From his own ...

WAVERLY, Neb. (KOLN) - Whether you want to watch some butter being churned or corn being shelled, you can step back in time at an event about 20 minutes from Lincoln and get a look at Nebraska’s roots ...

Peter Watson, director of Howell Living History Farm, hosts the Mercer County 4-H Fair and Wheat Threshing Saturday, July 26 (10 a.m.-8 p.m.) and Sunday, July 27 (10 a.m.-4 p.m.). Check out displays ...

AMERICAN CORNER — The Eastern Shore Threshermen and Collectors Association Inc. will hold its Wheat Threshing, Steam and Gas Engine Show on Aug. 6, 7 and 8 at the showgrounds located on Route 313 ...

Matt Folstad had an idea: Rather than mow his 2 acres of yard every summer, why not plow it up and plant wheat on it? That was the start of his backyard threshing bee. Folstad, 38, works as a truck ...

A bale of straw seems like a simple thing. Until, that is, you go to the 59th Rough and Tumble Threshermen's Reunion in Kinzers and watch the threshing crew make one with the Dedrick horse-powered ...

Organizers announced their 71st annual Thresher Show July 25 to 27 in Bird City, Kansas. The Tri-State Antique Engine and Thresher Association event will feature Gibson tractors and pre-World War II ...