ROLLAG MN - LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2006 - CLIP 2

ROLLAG 2006 - CLIP 2 ROUGH CUT

A description of the WMSTR from a fans web page:

http://web2.airmail.net/bealke/rollagshow.htm




Rollag Minnesota - The Splendid Home Of The
Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion

Rollag, MN - Labor Day Weekend, 1997

Part 1 - The Setting

Rollag is a jewel of a show that shines radiant in a gorgeous setting - rolling wheat and hay fields rimmed by lakes and ponds, green pastures, fertile plowed ground, and and on one side the town with its two handsome church steeples. For me the centerpiece was the farmstead. Sure took me back to my younger days on the farm.

The show bustles with a variety of activities that recall the area's past. I watched steam engines pulling plows and powering a sawmill that received logs raised from the water nearby onto horse drawn wagons. A steam locomotive and tractor-drawn wagons were moving around the large site almost continuously to help the folks attending get about to see everything. In one building there was a fine collection of miniature engines. Another building (by the RR tracks) is a small town train station. Opening the door of that wooden establishment is like stepping back in time 100 years. It has authentic wall signs, telegraph set, wooden benches, coal stove and the rest of the trimmings from another age. As with most such events, a good part of the fun for me is watching the volunteers explaining how the relics from their (allright, our) childhood and before operated. While I was sitting in the train station, a volunteer my age was explaining the workings of the telegraph to a woman and her young, attentive son.

The show's widespread reputation is a tribute to hard work by skilled volunteers, good planning and management, a wondrous variety of working tractors and other antiques displayed, plus the support of attendees and the surrounding area. Hosting this annual world-class show has become a major local tradition, and the folks that live in this part of the country are obviously proud of the fame of the show and the part they play in recreating the past here every year. They have good reason to be.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• ROLLAG
• MINNESOTA
• WESTERN
• STEAM
• THRESHERS
• REUNION
• HAWLEY
• BARNESVILLE
• PELICAN
• RAPIDS
• LAKE
• PARK
• corliss
• Alice
• Case
• TRAIN

[metal15051]

Yay thats me throwing coal!

and yes the corliss is a beautiful engine!

[b43xoit]

4:38 Corliss engine

[drail80s]

Near the spot where you were standing at for the first half of the video, did you get a birch log cut-off for a souvionuer?? (sp)?

They cut off a slice and burn the WMSTR Rollag symbol for a gift.

Rollag MN is one of my favorite places to visit almost every fall.

Thanks