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Cedar Valley Show

By W. E. Neal

613 8th Avenue, Charles City, Iowa 50616

The Cedar Valley Engine Club of Charles City, Iowa held their Annual Threshers' Reunion on August 30 and 31 and September 1 of 1975. It was the best show they ever had and was well attended. The feature attractions this past year were honoring the Hart and Parr families and the 75th anniversary of tractor manufacturing in Charles City by the Oliver Corporation and White Farm Equipment.

It was in 1901 that Charles Hart and Charles Parr built the first successful gasoline tractor. On Sunday, August 31, Congressman Grassly, plant manager Robert Fuller, and Mayor Leo Schula of Charles City, all paid tribute in a short program to honor the Hart and Parr families. We were honored to have Charles Hart's family from Montana at the show to take part in the program along with nieces and nephews from Charles City.

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