Dan Ransbottom, Randy Runkel and Raymond Truex are shown operating the sawmill in the Echoes of the Past Antique Village at the Kosciusko County Fair. Photos provided by Echoes of the Past.
News Release
WARSAW — The Kosciusko County Fair is right around the corner. Festivities are set to kick off on Sunday, July 9, with a fair parade in which the Echoes of the Past antique farm equipment club will be well represented.
Echoes of the Past will be showing numerous antique and vintage tractors of different makes and models. People will have the opportunity to see them all on display in the parade or parked afterward at the Antique Village at the fairgrounds. For many, visiting the Echoes of the Past in the Antique Village is like taking a step back in time. Vintage and antique tractors are on display during fair week, along with several pieces of vintage agricultural equipment. Visitors to the tent can experience a pioneer kitchen and view over 100 primitives, farm and hand tools.
Kids activities are scattered throughout the village. Children can play in the corn pit, take a ride on the barrel train, hop on a pedal tractor and have their picture taken at the photo board. Anyone of any age can take a spin around the area on a tractor to experience what it’s like to drive a real tractor while maneuvering obstacles.
The buzzing sound visitors will hear is the live sawmill demonstration. Cutting timber throughout the week lends a lost sound many may not have ever heard.
Before leaving the village, don’t miss out on homemade ice cream. Tractor power is used to crank the ice cream machine. Those who visit during mealtime have a chance to taste sweet corn steam cooked in a trash can. Both the chili and ham and beans are cooked over an open fire, which gives them a unique flavor.
Children play in the grain of the corn pit at the Echoes of the Past Antique Village at the Kosciusko County Fair.
Dave Morehouse talks to a young rider about operating a tractor.
An antique threshing machine is shown on display at the Echoes of the Past Antique Village at the Kosciusko County Fair.