Gates Open at 6:00 AM (breakfast available at 6:30 at church stands)

Season Ticket $20.00

WESTERN MINNESOTA STEAM THRESHERS REUNION
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
-DAILY EVENTS -
ALL DAY -FREE TRAIN RIDES -BIG & LITTLE TRAINS

10:00 AM Morning Parade of Engines
10:00 AM Horse Powered Demonstrations in the Farmstead Area to 5:00 PM
11:30 AM Steam Threshing and Lumber Sawing, Baker Fan Demonstrations. Prony Brake and Dynometer
to 2:00 PM Testing Horse Power of Equipment
2:00 PM Afternoon Parade
3:00 PM Style Show in TMB Building
3:30 PM Steam and Gas Plowing at Site in South Parking Lot Tractor Pull by Briden-Roen, Sawmill Building
3:30 PM Continuous Demonstrations Throughout Show grounds
to 5:30

MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT ALL DAY in Nelson Exhibition Hall, Threshermen's Memorial Building (TMB). Gospel Music all day in the Downer Church on Main Street. Square Dancing Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and evening, Sunday afternoon and evening, and Monday afternoon north of the Nelson Hall.

Scale models of many famous old machines are operating every day in Miniatureland.
One of the largest stationary single cylinder diesel engines to be seen anywhere, the DeLaVergne Engine, is running every day.
The 18 1/2 ton Murray-Corliss stationary steam engine provides power for the Freeport test flour mill in the steel building west of the Log Cabin Museum.
Souvenir aluminum collectors plates are stamped on the Burlington Steam Hammer behind the Villaume Building at 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM, and 3:30 PM.
The 30 ton Corliss Steam Engine is located at the Villaume Building and is one of the most interesting exhibits at WMSTR. Don't miss the big Montana Boiler behind the building which provides power for the Steam Engine, the Steam Hammer, the Rude Steam Engine, and the Allis Chalmers Engine.
See the antique car display at the-Benson Building. Come watch the "Smithies," in action at the Blacksmith Shop, and then visit the Printers Building.
Hundreds of gas engines are running daily at several locations.
Don't miss the many interesting demonstrations of pioneer household crafts performed by women members of WMSTR. These can be seen at the Quonset Building, Rushfeldt Log Cabin, Bjorndahl Log Cabin, Mercantile, Main Street Farmhouse and Boutique.

FRIDAY EVENING
8:00 PM Fiddler's Jamboree and other old time music are on the program in the Threshermen's Memorial Building, music in Nelson Hall, and Gospel music in the Downer Church.

SATURDAY EVENING
8:00 PM Queen Coronation Program and Local Talent Program in TMB. Music in the Nelson Hall and Gospel music in Downer Church.
9:00 PM Catholic Mass in Worders Eat Shack

SUNDAY
9:00 AM Church worship service in Threshermen's Memorial Building
9:00 PM Fiddler's Jamboree and other music will be on the program in the TMB, Nelson Hall and Gospel music in the church.

As you enter our Main Westgate Entrance, you will cross the railroad track of steam locomotive, Engine #353, which has just loaded up another 500 passengers to depart on a 1.2 mile ride around the perimeter of our show grounds. Take a short walk to the north of the exhibit grounds and you will find a fully operational Model 21 steam powered 3/4 yard shovel demonstrating moving gravel. Along the way, you will find the PA Bldg which houses the massive 600 HP Snow engine and the Worthington engine--both demonstrating daily. Beyond the shovel, watch our "Lily" on the water, push the logs into the hot pond where the Jammer, powered by the Donkey engine, picks the logs from the hot pond and sets them on a carriage to be taken to the Briden-Roen Sawmill which is a steam operated sawmill. To the southwest of the grounds, you will see the 17 acres called the Expo Area where you will find hundreds of tractors on display and also the threshing demonstration both with gas and steam engines. There is also an Expo Building where there is a variety of antique memorabilia on display. As you leave the Expo area, headed east up the parade route, you may stop and observe the rare Prony Brake Demonstration which can test the maximum horsepower of an engine. Nearby, you will find a vintage Parker merry-go-round powered by steam. Enjoy your free ride on one of the brightly colored wooden horses listening to the band organ playing authentic music! Then begin your walk through the Gas Engine area, see the DeLaVergne Diesel engine with its 9 foot flywheel, the largest collection in the world of Otto Engines, the Sno engine and hot air engines, numerous rare engines--all operational. Stop in the Model Engine building to view the skillfully built & running scale engines. Tucked back in the trees, you will find the largest collection of miniature models all demonstrating in Miniature land. You will find the Log Cabin Museum, the Freeport Building where there are more steam engines supplying power for our flour mill. Close by is the Blacksmith Shop, where the blacksmiths make horseshoes, rings, and hooks. The Memorial Wall is set proudly by the Log Cabin Museum, paying deserving tribute to all our WMSTR forefathers. Behind the Memorial Wall, is the scale model Ortner Railroad providing rides to young and old. Stop and visit Flossie's Laundry and Dey Power House. Near the Ortner RR you will find many restored and running stationary steam engines ranging to 600 hp with flywheels up to 16 ft diameter. The coal fired Montana Boiler supplies steam for several of these engines and a steam forging hammer that stamps out souvenir plates during the show. Nestled in the woods below the forging hammer sits the Rushfeldt Pioneer Farmstead and take in the workings of the Water Wheel located near the farmstead. As you wander back out of the shade of the hundreds of trees, you may enjoy old fashioned side by side ice cream cones at several stands throughout the grounds, or a delicious Thresherman meal served at one of the many church food stands, or maybe just a hotdog and soda. The East side of our show grounds presents Main Street along which you will visit the Print Shop, the Downer Church, Bjorndahl log house, the Main Street House, The Schoolhouse, Main street Mercantile, General Store, Prairie Rose Boutique, the Pioneer Ladies Demonstration Building, the Tydol Gas Station, all buildings bustle with activities and demonstrations.
Further east of Main Street, built on a natural terrace is the Horse Powered Farmstead area complete with turn of the century farmhouse, barn, and farm repair shop. Watch the horses supply power for cutting and threshing grain and even drilling a well!!
Make sure you allow time to take in our parades – twice daily at 10 AM and 2 PM. The steam and gas plowing demonstrations, the daily style shows and the tractor pulls. Remember, your gate admission includes all entertainment provided in the evenis as the fiddlers jamboree perform into the wee hours of the morning!
We hope you've enjoyed your fantasy walk with us and please plan to visit us real soon!

WESTERN MINNESOTA STEAM THRESHERS REUNION, INC.
WHERE YOUR PAST IS OUR PRESENT