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Bluebag Media
Steam Thresher
visitors see a variety of engines, events
GREENVILLE – “Real good crowd today,” said Steam Thresher Reunion
announcer Rick Brewer on July 3. “People are realizing it’s not going
to rain today, so they’re coming on out.”
About a half hour later it started drizzling. Some left, others found
cover to wait out the rain… others continued their duties and
explorations with umbrellas and rain coats. One gentleman on a tractor
was steering with one hand, holding an umbrella with the other.
“My dad would have made me stay out in the field to keep working,” he
said. “As long as you have traction, he’d say, you keep plowing.”
Shannon Keener and his family, Lockington residents, were making their
first visit to the Darke County reunion. He said they usually go to the
one in Ft. Loramie, but it was their first time to York Woods. “I like
the steam engines,” he added. “We’ll be back.”
A number of youngsters – the next generations – were operating the huge
equipment; among them was 11-year-old Cole Besecker from Kansas City,
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