Show brings history to life
Submitted Photo Threshing bees are a lot of fun but you get tired too. Alec Peterson, 6, front and his brother Drew, 4, take a rest in the rumble seat of a 1931 Ford Model A owned by their father, Josh Peterson at the Divide County Threshing Bee. They are from the Wildrose area. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo Really old meets newer when an M. Rumley steam tractor is followed by a massive Versatile 4WD monster. This year’s 57th annual Divide County Threshing Bee featured 4WD tractors and Model A Ford vehicles as its show’s feature machines. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo A 1913 Robert Bell 30 HP steam tractor runs a threshing machine, harvesting rye by a long belt, at the Divide County Threshing Bee. This is one of only two of this model steam tractors known to exist. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo Pic 9346: Chips fly as Taylor Crohn of Dagmar, Mont., runs a 110-year-old Witherby Rugg & Richardson wood planer, made in Worchester, Mass., which makes the boards smooth after be roughly cut by the huge sawmill blade. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo A 1914 75 Case steam tractor pulls an 8-bottom plow at the 57th annual Divide County Threshing Bee held in Crosby last weekend. The steam engine is owned by Charlotte Mehmke and the plow is owned by Jorstad's of Tioga. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo Threshing bees are a lot of fun but you get tired too. Alec Peterson, 6, front and his brother Drew, 4, take a rest in the rumble seat of a 1931 Ford Model A owned by their father, Josh Peterson at the Divide County Threshing Bee. They are from the Wildrose area. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo Really old meets newer when an M. Rumley steam tractor is followed by a massive Versatile 4WD monster. This year’s 57th annual Divide County Threshing Bee featured 4WD tractors and Model A Ford vehicles as its show’s feature machines. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo A 1913 Robert Bell 30 HP steam tractor runs a threshing machine, harvesting rye by a long belt, at the Divide County Threshing Bee. This is one of only two of this model steam tractors known to exist. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo Pic 9346: Chips fly as Taylor Crohn of Dagmar, Mont., runs a 110-year-old Witherby Rugg & Richardson wood planer, made in Worchester, Mass., which makes the boards smooth after be roughly cut by the huge sawmill blade. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo A 1914 75 Case steam tractor pulls an 8-bottom plow at the 57th annual Divide County Threshing Bee held in Crosby last weekend. The steam engine is owned by Charlotte Mehmke and the plow is owned by Jorstad's of Tioga. Photo by Roger Riveland.