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Floyd County Museum
« on: January 21, 2020, 10:43:56 pm »
I had driven by this museum many times on the way to a few different threshing shows, but never had a chance to stop by. It's only an hour and a half drive from home in Charles City, IA, so we decided to visit one day in 2016.

To my surprise, there wasn't as many tractors as I had hoped for, but I did find plenty of things to take pictures of for you guys...

First, the two important pieces of the museum  ;)



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Re: Floyd County Museum
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2020, 10:48:44 pm »
A few Cretors on display, not sure if any are original or all replicas...











And some pictures of pictures  :D







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Re: Floyd County Museum
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2020, 10:51:42 pm »
Later on in the museum I spotted a popcorn wagon  ;D



and found this in the window  8)

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Re: Floyd County Museum
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2020, 10:55:55 pm »
The room I came to see, the tractor room! Follow us in!  ;)  :D



Charles City is the home of Hart Parr, later Oliver





I've always loved the look of these corn picker attachments



Here's the one I've always seen in the window, on display, while driving past



Wife's favorite

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Re: Floyd County Museum
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2020, 11:00:30 pm »
One of my all-time favorites... the three-wheeled "Little Devil". I found an interesting read on it here:

https://www.farmcollector.com/tractors/hart-parr-little-devil





They even had a scale-model of it inside for the kids



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Re: Floyd County Museum
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2020, 11:01:48 pm »
I even found a "real steam iron"  8)

(Albert Lea is only a 40 minute drive from me)



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Re: Floyd County Museum
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2020, 11:04:22 pm »
The local model RR club has this room, but it was closed while we were there...



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Re: Floyd County Museum
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2020, 11:05:23 pm »
The last two pictures were taken of a room set-up to like like one from the past.

I spotted an erector set on the left





and a little train set under his bed

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Re: Floyd County Museum
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2020, 12:58:47 am »
https://www.agweb.com/blog/Your_Favorite_Tractor_298/the_unique_little_devil_tractor

I would have avoided the reverse tricycle layout but apparently the engine was its demise.
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Re: Floyd County Museum
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2020, 08:48:19 am »
Quote from: CBWho on January 22, 2020, 12:58:47 am
https://www.agweb.com/blog/Your_Favorite_Tractor_298/the_unique_little_devil_tractor

I would have avoided the reverse tricycle layout but apparently the engine was its demise.

There is a running Little Devil at the Crosby, ND show and I have read about them having problems when trying to plow and the tractor reversing on its own, trying to run the plow over.

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