Old Settlers Days celebrates local history
JILL SCHRAMM/MDN Visitors check out early model cars during Old Settlers Day on Saturday, June 20, at the Ward County Historical Society’s Pioneer Village at Burlington.
JILL SCHRAMM/MDN Charli Tomblin gets behind the wheel of an early firetruck that has been added to the collection at the Ward County Historical Society’s Pioneer Village. Along for the ride are her mother and sister, Rachael Tomblin and Ella. At right is her father, Tony Tomblin. The family stopped at Pioneer Village Saturday, June 20, for Old Settlers Days as they passed through the Burlington area on their way back to Kentucky.
JILL SCHRAMM/MDN John Scott rests in a jail cell after being “arrested” on Saturday, June 20. A fundraising activity of the Ward County Historical Society provided an opportunity to lock someone up briefly in the Pioneer Village jail during Old Settlers Days held Saturday and Sunday, June 20-21. The left photo in the cell is of Minot’s first police chief, Daniel Kimball.
JILL SCHRAMM/MDN Jim Norlin and his Oliver tractor pull passengers on a hayrack into the Pioneer Village following a parade in Burlington Saturday, June 20, as part of the Ward County Historical Society’s Old Settlers Days, which concluded Sunday, June 21. Hayrides were part of the festivities, along with opportunities to tour the museum grounds and buildings.
JILL SCHRAMM/MDN Visitors check out early model cars during Old Settlers Day on Saturday, June 20, at the Ward County Historical Society’s Pioneer Village at Burlington.
JILL SCHRAMM/MDN Charli Tomblin gets behind the wheel of an early firetruck that has been added to the collection at the Ward County Historical Society’s Pioneer Village. Along for the ride are her mother and sister, Rachael Tomblin and Ella. At right is her father, Tony Tomblin. The family stopped at Pioneer Village Saturday, June 20, for Old Settlers Days as they passed through the Burlington area on their way back to Kentucky.
JILL SCHRAMM/MDN John Scott rests in a jail cell after being “arrested” on Saturday, June 20. A fundraising activity of the Ward County Historical Society provided an opportunity to lock someone up briefly in the Pioneer Village jail during Old Settlers Days held Saturday and Sunday, June 20-21. The left photo in the cell is of Minot’s first police chief, Daniel Kimball.
JILL SCHRAMM/MDN Jim Norlin and his Oliver tractor pull passengers on a hayrack into the Pioneer Village following a parade in Burlington Saturday, June 20, as part of the Ward County Historical Society’s Old Settlers Days, which concluded Sunday, June 21. Hayrides were part of the festivities, along with opportunities to tour the museum grounds and buildings.