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October 2003
Leslie C. McDaniel 
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Although he had some 100 tractors parked along a fence at his farm, residents of nearby Limon (pop. 1,831) had little idea of the collection's significance, Gaede's other daughter, Deb Pieper, says. 'He wasn't one to brag about it,' she adds. 'He never talked about what he had.' Neither did he display tractors at shows or attend auctions.

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'He was unique; as unique as his tractors,' Beth says. 'He wanted things fair. He'd tell you 'Black is black and white is white' ... If Red Gaede said he would do something, he did it. And he expected that of other people.'

A native of Muleshoe, Texas, Gaede followed his family to Colorado in the mid-1940s. For decades, he raised dryland wheat, millet and corn there. Last fall, at age 68 and in declining health, he planted wheat. In July, his son, Andy Gaede, and two daughters scrambled to ride herd over an auction and Gaede's final harvest. The air on sale day was thick with dust - and nostalgia.

'Collecting was Dad's passion,' Deb says. 'He had fun with it... He would just glow when he talked about it. He got so much satisfaction from it.'

'And as a collector,' Beth adds, 'he was just picking up steam. Somebody here told us Red Gaede cut one of the widest swaths in the tractor world.' FC

- This article first appeared in John Deere TRADITION.



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