Menno Pioneer Power Show
Sep 26, 2011
The little Hutchinson County town of Menno held its 25th annual Power Show last weekend. Photos by Bernie Hunhoff.
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Glorious autumn weather mixed with the music, foods, antique machinery, exhibits and games, delighting the thousands who came to the pioneer town that has been constructed over the years. -
Many "country" collections are exhibited at the power show, including a huge wall of seed corn caps. But if you liked farmers' caps, all you had to do was gaze at the crowd. -
Youngsters loved the old automobiles for all sorts of reasons. The shiny chrome on an old Plymouth fascinated this little fellow. -
The Menno Power Show has grown to become a celebration of our rural culture — the colors, the work ethic, the history and the fun. -
A 65-horse Case steam tractor — as big as a small house — intrigued this threesome. -
"See the rock tumbling in there?" asked the men who exhibited a stone ground flour mill. -
Parades of old tractors, trucks and autos delighted the audience on both Saturday and Sunday. -
Most of the exhibits are old enough for Social Security, but three of the Ulmer family's revved-up racing tractors were also on display. -
Here's a weather-vane horse's vantage point of the parade down the pioneer town's main street. -
South Dakota's agricultural history is romantic, picturesque and even artistic. It's just hard to remember all that when you're loading silage or throwing bales. -
A colorful exhibit of an 1850s' era "ladder and hook" horse-drawn fire truck drew lots of attention in Menno.
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