Fall Harvest Celebration

The Mower County Historical Society invites everyone to take part in the Fall Harvest Celebration!  Festivities will be held on Saturday, September 22 from 11 AM to 3 PM at the historical society on the east side of the fairgrounds.  Admission is free but donations are accepted. 

The celebration will include living history demonstrations such as oat threshing, logging, and sawing.  Enjoy an old-fashioned thresher’s dinner similar to what the farm wives would have made during threshing season.  Take a wagon ride around the fairgrounds pulled by a team of mules or ride with style in a 1921 Model T.  Do you have a sweet tooth?  Check out the bake sale which will be filled with pies, pumpkin treats, and much more.  To go with the bake sale, the historical society will have some produce for sale from local growers.  Learn how to make lefse with the help of the Sons of Norway.  They will be demonstrating their technique and selling lefse as it’s made.  There will be plenty of fun for kids as well.  Activities include candle making, pressing apple cider, learning about pioneer chores like washing clothes, lawn mowing the old fashioned way, garden cultivating, and vehicle fair organized by the Austin Early Childhood Family Education program.  While visitors check out the various activities, listen to music from JJ’s Pickup Band and Sue Radloff.

Interested in antique tractors or cars?  A new feature this year is an Antique Tractor, Car, Implement, & Gas Engine Show with many different makes and models.  Anyone interested in exhibiting may contact MCHS.  There is no charge to exhibit.

In case of inclement weather, the bake sale will operate from 11 AM to 2 PM on September 22 and all other activities along with the bake sale on Sunday, September 23 from 11 AM to 3 PM.  Listen to KAUS Radio for weather related information. 

Enjoy an afternoon with the Mower County Historical Society and celebrate the fall season!  For more information call (507) 437-6082.