Box 131 Goessel, Kansas 67053
This is story of Threshing Days, put on by the Wheat Heritage
Engine and Threshing Co., Goessel, Kansas.
Twenty-seven years ago a handful of individuals interested in
preserving our heritage of threshing wheat got together and brought
out a few old gas engines and threshed wheat using a 12 HP IHC
Famous gas engine and a small wooden handfed threshing machine.
Today this has turned out to be a three day show on the plains of
Kansas, the first full weekend of August.
There are approximately 80 gas engines, 125 tractors, a half
dozen large prairie tractors, a couple of steam engines, several
large gas engines including a 200 HP DeLa Vergne sideshaft, plus a
museum dedicated to the coming of the Mennonites to central Kansas
in 1874, bringing with them Turkey Red hard winter wheat. A flea
market, a sawmill, and antique tractor pull are all part of the
weekend activities.
Goessel is located in the central part of Kansas, about 35 miles
north of Wichita. Come and join us August 4, 5 and 6, 2000 for a
great weekend that the whole family will enjoy.
