THE GAS-UPS

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707 S. Ellsworth Avenue, Salem, Ohio 44460.

Last October on our way north, we were lucky to find Mr. Carl
Campbell in Mansfield, Pa., and were invited to return the next
weekend to the Gas-Up of the Old Stump Jumpers. We didn’t
really think we would be able to make it back but the weather being
inclement elsewhere, we headed back for Mansfield. And were we ever
glad we did! Around the turn in the road we saw blue steam and
heard the familiar shoop-pon of engines…more and better engines
that we had ever seen before. Engines doing about everything man
could make them do…grinding corn and apples, shingle making, saw
milling and model scaling.

Included were some of the best homemade pies, cakes, apple cider
and fantastic bean soup they had cooked for hours in an iron
kettle. But to top it all, there were some of the friendliest
people we’ve met anywhere. Mr. Carl Campbell has preserved a
cross-section of American machinery like we have never seen before,
even at the largest county fair in Ohio. There were Frick tractors,
a large cider press, saw mills, thresher’s onion separators to
name only a few. Mr. Campbell has also put together a small museum
of household articles, gadgets, lamps, toys and small
furniture.

The Gas-Ups are not held for profit or to benefit anyone. Their
whole reason for getting together is just the thrill of people who
appreciate fine working machinery and enjoy each other’s
company.

Scenes from the Gas-Up of the Old Stump Jumpers at Mansfield,
Pa.

  • Published on Jul 1, 1976
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