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The 43rd Annual Root River Antique Engine & Tractor Show, an outdoor living history museum, will take place from July 18-20 in Spring Valley, Minn. Gates will open at 7 a.m. all three days.
The Root River Antique Historical Power Assocation Inc. invites readers of the Fillmore County Journal to “Experience the rich history of antique farming and agriculture equipment at our annual event.”
Start your day with a hearty breakfast of pancake and sausage or biscuits and gravy, served from 7–10 a.m. on all three days.
President Les Radcliffe explains, “The members of the Root River Antique Historical Power Association Inc. are dedicated to teaching and preserving the past and the preservation of historical farm equipment.”
The show will feature International Harvester equipment, including tractors, engines, trucks, and related equipment, but all makes and models are welcome.
Highlights of the weekend include: a daily tractor parade at 11 a.m., a 1920’s farmstead exhibit, a Friday evening antique/classic tractor pull, a horse pull, and WI Freestyle Motorcross.
Attendees can enjoy various demonstrations throughout the weekend, including rosemaling, spinning, tatting, butter churning, rug weaving, corn shelling, threshing, rock crushing, operating a sawmill, a blacksmith shop, and candle making.
Live music will begin at noon each day, featuring Spring Valley residents Matt and Brenda Stier on Friday, Dariel Felten on Saturday, and Gary Froiland on Sunday.
Participate in the Frontier Fortune Games for a chance to win prizes. These games include a duck scavenger hunt, “needle in the haystack” trivia, “come find me” object seeking, as well as mini games like golf chipping, duck pond, sucker pull, hook toss, bean bag toss, and bubble ring toss.
Kids’ activities will be available every day. Kids will enjoy the ever-popular Kid Power Pedal Tractor Pull.
Upcoming events in
Bluff Country
•July 16-20 – Rushford Days, Rushford, Minn.
•July 18-20 – Root River Antique Engine & Tractor Show, rural Spring Valley/Racine, Minn.
•July 20 – Music in the Bandstand, Peterson, Minn.
•July 21-26 – Fillmore County Fair, Preston, Minn.
•July 22 – Music in the Park, Caledonia, Minn.
•July 31-August 3 – Buffalo Bill Days, Lanesboro, Minn.
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