A Tour of Steam Shows

By Mrs. Leroy W. Blaker
Published on January 1, 1971
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8 hp. Nichols & Shepard, 1889 owned by Frank Ewing, Rapid City, South Dakota. Exhibited at steam show at Madison, South Dakota. It has a Marsh reverse gear and new boiler as of 1969. Courtesy of Mrs. LeRoy W. Blaker, Alvordton, Ohio 43501.
8 hp. Nichols & Shepard, 1889 owned by Frank Ewing, Rapid City, South Dakota. Exhibited at steam show at Madison, South Dakota. It has a Marsh reverse gear and new boiler as of 1969. Courtesy of Mrs. LeRoy W. Blaker, Alvordton, Ohio 43501.
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25-80 J. I. Case Model, built by the late George D. Winters of Pipestone, Minnesota. Exhibited at steam show at Madison, South Dakota, by Mrs. Winters, and L. M. Lindeman, Dawson, Minnesota. Courtesy of Mrs. LeRoy W. Blaker, Alvordton, Ohio 43501.
25-80 J. I. Case Model, built by the late George D. Winters of Pipestone, Minnesota. Exhibited at steam show at Madison, South Dakota, by Mrs. Winters, and L. M. Lindeman, Dawson, Minnesota. Courtesy of Mrs. LeRoy W. Blaker, Alvordton, Ohio 43501.
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75 hp. Case owned by Stan Matthews, Mt. Union, Iowa, standing by the engine ''nicest restored engine on the grounds'' at Midwest Old Threshers, Mount Pleasant, Iowa September 4, 1970. Courtesy of Mrs. LeRoy W. Blaker, Alvordton, Ohio 43501.
75 hp. Case owned by Stan Matthews, Mt. Union, Iowa, standing by the engine ''nicest restored engine on the grounds'' at Midwest Old Threshers, Mount Pleasant, Iowa September 4, 1970. Courtesy of Mrs. LeRoy W. Blaker, Alvordton, Ohio 43501.

Alvordton, Ohio 43501

For well over twenty years it was my duty and pleasure to report
on the National Threshers Reunions, held first on my husband’s
farm near Alvordton, Ohio, then at the Williams County Fairgrounds
in Montpelier, Ohio, and now for the last six years at the Fulton
County Fairgrounds near Wauseon, Ohio. But last year, when of all

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