Gallery

The buildings, the machinery and the Bee.

Photographs from around the Village. If you have pictures of any of these buildings before they were moved, we would like copies for the library.

Along the Village street

Old Main Street USA, church, depot
Old Main Street USA seen from the paved trail Old Main Street USA holds the exhibits, the stage, the veterans room, the library and the gift shop. It is still being added to.
Church exterior with the steeple The church, still used for the occasional wedding.
Depot from the platform side The depot, moved in from a line that no longer runs.

Buildings and grounds

Cabins, school, shops, township hall
The two log cabins side by side Two log cabins, the oldest structures on the grounds.
Country school with the bell tower The country school. Students ring the bell on the way out.
Forge, anvil and hand tools The blacksmith shop, worked during field trips and the Bee.
Quanbeck Shop interior with the workbench The Quanbeck Shop, kept the way it was found.
Flour mill exterior The flour mill, and the township hall behind it.
House and barn across the grass The house and barn, furnished the way a county farm was.

Machinery and engines

Machinery building and engine collection
Threshers and tractors under cover The machinery building. Threshers, tractors and hand-pulled fire equipment.
Row of restored stationary engines The engine building, so the collection can be seen in any weather.

Threshing Bee weekend

Held every summer since the 1980s
Crew feeding bundles into the separator The threshing itself, run by a crew of volunteers.
Horses and wagon loaded with families Wagon rides run all day both days.
Line at the thresher's breakfast The thresher's breakfast, early and busy.
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