Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 1—PEKIN, N.D. — The Stump Lake Village Threshing Bee will be held over Labor Day weekend, carrying on a 25-year tradition.

STRATHCONA, Minn. - In September 1965 Marshall Wiskow thought it would be fun to fire up the old steam engine in his pasture and invite his neighbors over for a threshing bee. About 200 people came to ...

Matt Petty, left, of Meriden and Less McDonald, of Lincoln, Neb., cut firewood Saturday with Jeff Mathews, of Lecompton, not pictured, at the 50th annual Threshing Bee in McLouth. Mathews, who has ...

HUNTLEY, Mont. -- The Antique Tractor Club in Huntley hosts its Annual Threshing Bee this weekend. Threshing is the process of separating seeds or grain from stalk to make flour. The Threshing Bee ...

ST. CHARLES, Minn. — Steam was critical at old-fashioned threshing bees but not all of it came from the lumbering, clunking machines. Some of it came from the dishes, platters and bowls of hot food ...

Matt Petty, Meriden, keeps his eyes on the pressure gauge on his half-scale 65 Case steam engine named Ericka Jo. Petty joined several other steam engine and tractor enthusiasts Saturday in McLouth ...

BILLINGS, Mont. -- The farmland involved in this year's Threshing Bee in Worden was damaged in Sunday's hail storm, but the hail wasn't enough to stop the Antique Tractor Club from planning its annual ...

For most people, daily life is more consistent of cell phones than a 1909 Advance steam engine. Mike and Lynette Richter are hoping that one September weekend will change that. This weekend, the ...

DURHAM — This weekend, you might step onto the front porch of the Glenwood Farmhouse and look out over Patrick Ranch. What you would see is the bustling farm life of 1877. What you would hear is a ...

If you want to see how our forefathers farmed, you don’t need a time machine. You just need a way to get to Butterfield this weekend. The Threshing Bee, also known as the Steam and Gas Engine show, ...

BUTTERFIELD — The Butterfield Threshing Bee started with $100 and a 1916 Case steam engine. Now the Bee is celebrating its 50th year of drawing about 15,000 people to a shady campground in this town ...

PEKIN, N.D. – The Stump Lake Village Threshing Bee will be held over Labor Day weekend, carrying on a 25-year tradition. The event on Sunday, Sept. 5, and Monday, Sept. 6, has been held on the first ...