The genius of pioneer inventors can confound us. Countless contraptions that revolutionized farming in the 19th and early ...

Delbert Miller’s 1896 Huber 16hp, expertly restored vintage steam engine. When you live around family members who restore antique engines, the collector bug is ever present. Delbert Miller explained ...

Ferguson tractors went on to sell in vast numbers, and today they are a great favorite with collectors. This 1952 Fergu-son TED 20 belongs to Jimmy Waters, and, from sourcing Ferguson records, Jimmy ...

Nathan Brunner installed sheet metal and assembling on a 2200 silage chopper while working at Fox River. In 1919 Fox River Tractor Co. of Appleton, Wisconsin, was organized to build the 20-40 Fox ...

This 1938 50 HP Frick portable engine has been in the Nafe family for many years. It was purchased about thirty years ago by Manny Nafe of Glen Rock, Pennsylvania. The engine needed extensive boiler ...

Hocking Valley Junior cider mill. The two tubs allowed for increased production. When I think of cider, I find a refrain from a record on the old Edison phonograph dancing around in my head. “On the ...

The 21st century offers everyone endless opportunities to be entertained. Movies, television, computers, smart phones, and even virtual reality devices that put one almost anywhere in the world. A ...

In 1917 the Davis Manufacturing Co. engine plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was purchased, becoming Avery Co. Plant No. 3. They were then prepared to build all of their own engines. The Glide automobile ...

The Robinson Traction Engine, once numbered with the ‘well knowns’ seems to be now almost forgotten. A few words of history might be of interest, especially to the Old Timers. The Robinson Company, ...

After years of talking Howard Shaw purchased this Buffalo-Springfield roller from a collector in Flint. This roller has quite a story attached to it. It is a Buffalo-Springfield built in Springfield, ...

The machine was built in 1875 at Westminster, Maryland by the Taylor Manufacturing Company, and was a prize winner at the Paris Exposition in 1878. It is a horse-drawn model Dry Steam Portable engine.