REUNION REPORTS

By Bob Brown
Published on January 1, 1962
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Threshing wheat at the North Carolina Reunion. They were just starting and it attracted much attention.
Threshing wheat at the North Carolina Reunion. They were just starting and it attracted much attention.
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Mr. J. W. Ripper, Warrenville, N. C, built this traction engine model with a two speed transmission. It was one of the popular exhibits at the N. C. Reunion and a free ride for all who could pile into the wagon.
Mr. J. W. Ripper, Warrenville, N. C, built this traction engine model with a two speed transmission. It was one of the popular exhibits at the N. C. Reunion and a free ride for all who could pile into the wagon.
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Portable and Stationary engines puff away at the North Carolina Reunion at one side of the Fair Grounds. Most of them were brought to the Reunion by Mr. G. G. Sherill, of Troutman, N. Car.
Portable and Stationary engines puff away at the North Carolina Reunion at one side of the Fair Grounds. Most of them were brought to the Reunion by Mr. G. G. Sherill, of Troutman, N. Car.

Black smoke billowed and steam whistles sang sad songs of a
by-gone age, as the ‘iron men’ of seven states gathered at
the fair grounds in Lexington, North Carolina July 20, 21 and
22.

It was the first convention of the newly formed North Carolina
Steam Historical Association, a non-profit group organized to keep

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