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Louisiana has an Antique Engine Club

By Dick Gibbens

Schriever,Louisiana 70395

On the weekend of June 30 a handful of "Old Engine Friends" met at a small farm outside of Lafayette. There was good food, soft drinks and the first antique engine show this state has ever had! Represented were 19th and 20th century Fairbanks Morse, Waterloo, Bessemer, Fairmont, Stover, Leiroy, Domestic, Novo, Cushman and Jaeger, Rock Island, Lockwood Ash, John Deere gas engines. There was also a Golden cane mill, a rice mill and an Avery steam engine. Exhibitors and guests alike had a ball, asking and answering questions and showing off once-upon-a-time workers turned toys! Most of the guests had never known of such a hobby, much less attended a show of machinery that has played an important part in our history. Stories abounded! One man told me about a stern-wheel boat his uncle had used to pull logs to the sawmill tha...

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