GENTRY -- Last weekend was the 24th annual fall show of the Tired Iron of the Ozarks. And, once again, the show offered opportunity for young and old to see and learn about rural farm life in northwest Arkansas in the late 1800s and early 1900s by displaying old tractors, engines, farm implements and household machines and gadgets which were commonly used as a part everyday life in the region.
Features of the show included rows of old tractors, a parade of power each day at noon, working saw mills, a blacksmith shop with demonstrations by members of the Blacksmith Organization of Arkansas, old engines used for a variety of functions on the farm and in the home, a log cabin with furnishings of the era, and driver's education tractors equipped with two seats and two sets of controls to allow new tractor drivers to safely learn the art while seated next to an experienced driver.
The show opened Friday and continued through Sunday afternoon at the club's showgrounds, located at 13344 Taylor Orchard Road, between Gentry and Siloam Springs.
Tired Iron of the Ozarks is a club dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of antique engines and tractors. For more information about the club or its shows, contact John Burger at 736-5800. Information is also available on the club's website: www.tiredironoftheozarks.org.
General News on 09/16/2015