Hamilton, Missouri 64644
The 12th Annual North Missouri Steam and Gas Engine Antique Show
and Demonstration was held August 15, 16, and 17 at Hamilton,
Missouri, with many new exhibitors taking part in the show.
Sixteen year old Stanley Mayberry of Dawn, Missouri brought his
22 HP Advance Rumely steam engine. Stanley purchased the engine in
the fall of 1974 and did practically all of the restoring himself.
His steam engine was used most of the time to power a large sawmill
owned and restored by Paul Bryant, Braymer, Missouri.
A 16 HP Nichols and Shepard steam engine was brought by the
Maxwell Brothers of Ridgeway, Missouri. The Shahan Brothers,
Brashear, Missouri came with their 50 HP Case Steam Engine and
20-35 Rumely Oil Pull Tractor and tested the power on Paul
Bryant’s Baker Fan. Frankie Van-Dusen, Dawn, Missouri exhibited
his 16 HP Advance engine and Shingle Mill. His 1912 Maxwell Touring
car was exhibited with many other cars in the antique car contest.
Among the cars in the contest were a 1931 Rolls Royce in very good
condition, owned by Mrs. Woodson of Polo, Missouri, and a 1930
Marmon Roosevelt owned and restored by Glen Streeter, Hamilton,
Missouri. An unusual exhibit of a horse-drawn Rockfall Funeral
coach, purchased new in 1901 by the Bram family, was shown and is
now in the possession of the Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton, Mo.
Howard Younger of Overland Park, Kansas came and operated our 20
HP Russell Steam Engine as he has done for the past 12 years. Other
steam engines include a 20 HP Advance Rumely owned by T. R. Swartz
of Shawnee Mission, Kansas, a 25 Minneapolis owned by Paul Bryant,
a 65 HP Case Steam Engine owned by Virgil Rains, Kingston,
Missouri. Twelve model steam engines were brought in from as far
away as Dubois, Nebraska. Mr. Ralph Levings, Madison, Missouri and
his son-in-law brought their two model steam engines and a model
sawmill which they operated during the show. Other model engines
and tractors were trucked in from Iowa, Illinois, Arkansas and
Kansas. There were approximately 300 gas engines and antique and
model tractors in the show. Of 6 known to be left in existence, was
a 1906 Fuller-Johnson gas engine owned by C. T. Henderson of
Waukee, Iowa.
The show started with setting up of exhibits on Friday and a
Draft Horse Pull that evening. An uptown parade was held Saturday
morning where the stores had window displays and sidewalk
sales.
On the show grounds, the action was about the usual, with the
threshing of wheat, clover hulling, sawmilling and shingle saw
demonstrations, baker fans in use, and various other exhibits and
demon-strations. A horse shoe pitching contest, flea markets, and
antique car contest, old fiddler’s contest and other music were
available to the crowd on the grounds.
The Association wishes to thank all of the exhibitors and is
looking forward to another good show the third weekend in August,
1976.
