Country Register Editor, Cindy Baldwin
Visits Alta Vista!
Check out her article featuring Alta Vista!
http://www.countryregister.com/crpublishers/kansas/currentissue.html
Cindy says,
"While in town, don’t forget to visit the Ag Heritage Park Museum.
It’s a “don’t miss” stop."
Thank you, Cindy, for visiting Alta Vista & writing such a great article!
Ag Heritage Park
Hosts June Hilbert
Book Signing & Program
Had a good time with June Hilbert, author of "From High Heels to Gumboots - One Cow Pie at a Time" June came to Ag Heritage Park to discuss her book that humorously chronicles her life as a city girl turned farm wife. The book is available from amazon.com
Prairie Heights Middle School
Alta Vista, Kansas
6th Grade
Experiences One Room School House
At Ag Heritage Park
May 1, 2014
Teacher, Ms Easton, lead the class of 12 students.
The lesson plans and games were vintage 1934.
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| The students arrive at Ag Heritage Park |
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| Ms Easton asks the students to form a line |
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| Lunch time |
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| Ms Easton pictured with the class, as well as Pam Liddick, para, and Kacie Evans, PHMS ELA Teacher Students: Howard Paul Barger, Wyatt Buchman, Tyler Graham, Brodey King, Avery Lee, Savannah Lillich, Madison MacKenzie, Trey Marshall, Brandon Meadors, Milayni Mullen, Petr Splechta and Keely Steere |
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| Ms Easton shared May baskets with the students |
Great Crowd Enjoys
2014 Spring Crank Up! Tractor Show
The Ag Heritage Park Board
Thanks all the Exhibitors and Friends
For all their extra efforts.
THANK YOU
To All That Visited Ag Heritage Park!
AND
THANK YOU
For Your Generous Donations
Helping to keep Ag Heritage Park open to the Public!
See more photos on 2014 Spring Crank Up! Tab
A big thank you to the "photographers"!
Ag Heritage Park Announces
2014 Spring Crank Up! April 19
Ag Heritage Park is “cranking up” for the annual Spring Crank
Up! Tractor Show, scheduled for Saturday, April 19, 2014, at Ag Heritage Park, 103
S. Main, Alta Vista. The tractors will be on display from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
with a “Parade of Power” cruise through downtown scheduled at 9:30 a.m. There
is no pre-registration required, and no registration fee for the day.
Ag Heritage Park is expecting a good number of tractors,
including a 1938 Minneapolis-Moline UDLX Comfortractor. Tagged “The Gentleman’s Tractor,” the
Minneapolis-Moline company streamlined a cab and set of fenders on an existing
tractor chassis, offering both the utility of a tractor and the comfort of an
automobile in one vehicle. The enclosed tractor was ahead of its time, suitable
as a workhorse going up to 45 mph by day and for an evening on the town at
night. In early 1938, Minneapolis-Moline
produced 25 of the UDLX (short for Model & Deluxe) models, with an optional
cab. Later in the year, 125 more were equipped with cabs as standard equipment.
While the tractor was too pricey for most farmers, it was also introduced in
the industrial world equipped with snow plows, and it is recorded that some
rural mail carriers even found them useful. This Comfortractor is owned by
Stamm Tractors, and will be shown by the Clint Stamm Family, of Washington,
Kansas.
The schedule for the day, besides the tractor show, includes
Ron Schultz and Friends Jamming, beginning at 11:00 a.m, featuring bluegrass
and gospel music. Also scheduled is a barn quilt block “how-to” program,
sponsored by the Kansas Flint Hills Quilt Trail, scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Those attending the program will gain
information from choosing patterns, sizes, location, to priming, painting, and
hanging your own barn block. The Ag Heritage Park main museum building sports
two barn quilt blocks painted by artist Susan Kesl.
Lunch, snacks and drinks will be available all day on the
grounds. The Alta Vista C of C will
sponsor a biscuit and gravy breakfast downtown from 7 - 10 a.m., as well as the
annual Easter Egg Hunt, scheduled for 1:00 p.m. in the city park. Local
businesses will be open, including several collectible and antique shops, and
cafés.
Ag Heritage Park will be open tractor show day from 8:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Besides viewing the tractors in the show, visitors may “step
back in time” and tour the 40 tractors on display in the park, ranging in age
from 1918 to 1960. These tractors were collected by Ag Heritage Park Founder,
Everett Zimmerman, and put on public display back in 1999. The park features a
large display of horse drawn equipment, as well as other farm equipment dated
from the 1800’s through the mid-1960’s. Also on the grounds are 1885 era one
room school house, two room farm house, and a log cabin, along with other farm
outbuildings. Two museum buildings include a complete display of household
items, miscellaneous farm memorabilia and machinery. Ag Heritage Park displays
offer interest for young and old, and any age group. Admission to the park is a
donation for park upkeep and maintenance.
For more information concerning the Spring Crank Up! Tractor
Show on Saturday, April 19th, or to schedule individual visits or
bus tours to Ag Heritage Park on future dates, please call Kirby Zimmerman,
620-767-2714, Hazel Zimmerman, 785-482-3865, or Connie Larson, 785-532-8393.
Visit www.AgHeritagePark.com for
updates.
"Step Back In Time!"
Plan a visit to Ag Heritage Park
Don't Miss
Spring Crank Up! Tractor Show
Saturday, April 19th
During the 1840s implement manufacturers began building portable horse-powered sweeps. Portable sweeps gave the farmer greater flexibility
at threshing time.
Ag Heritage Park has a 12 horse power unit on display, located in the
south museum building.
This is only one of many unique implement displays at Ag Heritage Park.
Check out this video on you tube -
Threshing Oats with a 12 horse power sweep.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lpAezT9pHwo
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