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Major County Threshing Bee 🚜
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The annual Threshing Bee & Two-Cylinder Tractor Show is held in Fairview, Oklahoma, and is hosted by the Major County Historical Society for two days in September. The demonstrations and exhibits feature the machinery that transformed American farm production from intensive human and animal labor to the harnessing of steam and petroleum power.
See the website: http://www.mchsok.net/
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MajorCountyHistoricalSociety
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Saturday Highlights
Mount Sunflower - Highpoint Of Kansas
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It was an easy drive to the highest point in the state of Kansas. Once you arrive you will see an unbroken 360-degree panorama of ranch and farmland. As a matter of fact, the site is on a private working cattle ranch pasture. So let's go take a look and watch your step!
Mount Sunflower Visit
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Billy The Kid Museum
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I figure this museum had been on my bucket list to visit for 60 years until I accidentally discovered it was close to another destination to document a couple of WRCA Ranch Rodeos. Lucky me!
I met Don Sweet the owner, and he agreed to share his story and take us on a personal tour of the part of the museum containing artifacts connected to the infamous old-west outlaw called Billy The Kid. Let's go!
Billy The Kid Museum - Part 1
I continued to explore the rest of the museum on my own and found many wonderful artifacts, from the old west days to the rockabilly days.
Billy The Kid Museum - Part 2
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Fort Sumner, New Mexico
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I traveled to Fort Sumner, New Mexico to document two WRCA qualifying rodeos that can be viewed on my WRCA Ranch Rodeo playlist. I sued some of my free time looking for Agates and Jaspers in the Pecos River in addition to Quartz crystals I used to call Pecos Valley Diamonds during my childhood days in Roswell.
Here is a sample of some of the ranch rodeo action.
I look forward to an opportunity to return and explore more stories in Fort Sumner. I did discover the Billy The Kid Museum and there is a link to a two-part video tour but I did not get a chance to explore the Busque Redondo ant other possible sites. If you have some suggestions please Contact Us!
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Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site
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Railway Museum of San Angelo
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I enjoyed having enough free time to visit this wonderfully restored train depot while I was in town documenting the rodeo. The depot was built between 1909-1910 and served as the Texas headquarters of Artur Stilwell's Kansas City, Mexico, and Orient Railroads (KCM&O). Now the depot houses the Railway Museum of San Angelo. One of the docents was very kind to give us a tour, so let's go!
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