Parade of Power Kicks Off Spring Crank Up! Tractor Show

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Ag Heritage Park invites tractor buffs to load up their tractors and head to Alta Vista, Saturday, April 16th. The 5th year of the annual Spring Crank Up! Tractor Show will start with the 9:30 a.m. Parade of Power, registration beginning at 8:00 a.m., with no registration fees. Upon returning to the Park the tractors will be on display until 4:00 p.m.

Ag Heritage Park and the visiting tractor owners enjoy showing their tractors to the public, young and old alike. A variety of tractors, equipment and garden tractors is expected for the Show, in addition to the 40 plus tractors on display in the Park, ranging in age from 1918 to 1960. The Show also typically includes several stationary engines displays.

A barn quilt block drawing will be held at 4:00 p.m., with tickets available in advance, and show day prior to 4:00 p.m. The 4’ x 4’ barn quilt ticket donations will benefit Ag Heritage Park, where the Park is home to four barn quilts, which are listed with the Kansas Flint Hills Quilt Trail.

Lunch, snacks and drinks will be available all day on the grounds. A variety of local Alta Vista businesses will be open for the day.

Ag Heritage Park will be open tractor show day from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Besides viewing the tractors in the show, visitors may “step back in time” and tour the many exhibits of agricultural history in the Park. The Park features a large display of horse drawn equipment, as well as other farm equipment dated from the 1800’s through the mid-1960’s. Also on the grounds are an 1885 era one room school house, a two room farm house, and a log cabin, along with other farm outbuildings. Two museum buildings include a complete display of household items, miscellaneous farm memorabilia and machinery.

Admission to the Park is by donation, used for park upkeep and maintenance. Along with gate donations Ag Heritage Park welcomes Corporate Sponsors who are vital to Ag Heritage Park remaining open to the public

For more information concerning the Spring Crank Up! Tractor Show on Saturday, April 16th, or to schedule individual visits or bus tours to Ag Heritage Park on future dates, please call Kirby Zimmerman, 620-767-2714 or Hazel Zimmerman, 785-482-3865. Visit www.AgHeritagePark.com and Facebook for the latest updates. Ag Heritage Park is located at 103 S. Main, the south edge of Alta Vista, and is handicap accessible.

 

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