BOYHOOD THRILLS! !

By Alva Hulbert
Published on January 1, 1966
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Courtesy of Mr. W. J. Place, 1602 Weller Ave., La Porte, Indiana 46350. This is a Henshel 24 gauge locomotive owned by John Edris and Jack Keane, La Porte County Threshers Association.
Courtesy of Mr. W. J. Place, 1602 Weller Ave., La Porte, Indiana 46350. This is a Henshel 24 gauge locomotive owned by John Edris and Jack Keane, La Porte County Threshers Association.
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Courtesy of Mr. W. J. Place, 1602 Weller Ave., La Porte, Indiana 46350. Here is a picture of a 35-120 Nichols & Shepard owned by John Edris and Don Schwenk, La Porte County Threshers Association.
Courtesy of Mr. W. J. Place, 1602 Weller Ave., La Porte, Indiana 46350. Here is a picture of a 35-120 Nichols & Shepard owned by John Edris and Don Schwenk, La Porte County Threshers Association.
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Courtesy of Mr. W. J. Place, 1602 Weller Ave, La Porte, Indiana 46350. Here is a 20-60 M. Rumely owned by John Schwenk and a 40-120 Avery owned by John Edris and Don Schwenk, La Porte County Threshers Asso.
Courtesy of Mr. W. J. Place, 1602 Weller Ave, La Porte, Indiana 46350. Here is a 20-60 M. Rumely owned by John Schwenk and a 40-120 Avery owned by John Edris and Don Schwenk, La Porte County Threshers Asso.
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Courtesy of Mr. W. J. Place, 1602 Weller Ave, La Porte, Indiana 46350. Here is a picture of my 19-65 Port Huron taken at the La Porte County Threshers Association show.
Courtesy of Mr. W. J. Place, 1602 Weller Ave, La Porte, Indiana 46350. Here is a picture of my 19-65 Port Huron taken at the La Porte County Threshers Association show.
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Courtesy of Mr. W. J. Place, 1602 Welter Ave., La Porte, Indiana 46350. This is a Browning Steam Crane which weighs 92 tons and has a lifting capacity of 52,000 lbs. It is owned by the La Porte County Threshers Asso.
Courtesy of Mr. W. J. Place, 1602 Welter Ave., La Porte, Indiana 46350. This is a Browning Steam Crane which weighs 92 tons and has a lifting capacity of 52,000 lbs. It is owned by the La Porte County Threshers Asso.

Route 3, Sterling, Illinois

As a small boy we lived on a farm on the Jefferson-Franklin
county line in southern Illinois. I cannot remember anything more
exciting to a small farm lad than a steam traction engine.

In the early spring of about 1912 or 1913, a salesman from the
Russell and Company, Massillon, Ohio came to our house, and my dad

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