Richfield Historical Society

Richfield, WI

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23rd Annual Thresheree & Harvest Festival
September 17 & 18, 2022
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What a fun weekend at the Richfield Historical Park seeing, hearing, smelling, touching, tasting and feeling life as it was years and years ago. Activities at the Thresheree & Harvest Festival brought back memories for some and were new experiences for others.

Making a Corn Husk Doll
Tasting Maple Cotton Candy
Hearing the Huffing and Hissing of the Steam Engine
Seeing a Casket Used for a Victorian Funeral
Enjoying an Old Tractor Parade
Listening to Live Music
Sifting Flour
Learning the Operations of a Grist Mill
Visiting a General Store
Feeling the Heat of the Fire as a Blacksmith Shapes Steel
Viewing Threshing and Log Sawing Powered by Steam
Petting a Goat
Searching for a Bargain at Sweets 'n Stuff
Being Thrilled with the Highest Bid at the Silent Auction
Hearing Chickens Cluck-Cluck-Cluck
Smelling the Brats on the Grill

 

Thank You to all of the volunteers and attendees who made this event happen.  Another Big Thank You to our Sponsors, Goods & Services Contributors and Silent Auction & Sweets 'n Stuff donors. Without the attendees, sponsors, donors and volunteers, the Thresheree would not happen.

2022 Sponsors--
$400 or More:
Dr. Don & Janis Crego
Forte Bank; Bill Gehl; Mike Thom, Legend Seeds; Wissota Sand & Gravel Co.; E.H. Wolf & Sons
$399-$100: Gehring Sales & Service; Helena Chemical; United Cooperative
Goods/Services: Campers Inn; County Wide Extinguishers; Digital Edge; Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly - Richfield; Waste Management; Wolf Bros. Fuel, Inc.

Don't Miss this Event in 2023 -- Mark Your Calendar
24th Annual Thresheree -- Sept. 16 & 17, 2023

Photo Gallery

Setting Up
Setting Up the Tents

Chickens
Chickens in Log Barn
Cooking Over a Fire
Cooking Over a Fire

Cotton CandyBuying Maple Cotton Candy

Engine ShedEngine Shed with Turbine

Food Provided by Richfield Lions
Food Provided by Richfield Lions

General Store
Seeing the General Store

Goats
Goats at the Pioneer Homestead

Grinding ApplesGrinding Apples

Horses PlowingHorses Plowing

Inside the Log CabinCooking Inside the Log Cabin

Kids Pedaling
Kids Driving Tractors

Sawing Logs
Sawing Logs

LWC BoutiqueLWC Boutique

Military DisplayMilitary Display

Music
Enjoying Live Music

Quilter
Talented Quilter

Blacksmith
Smith at Work

Shelling Corn
Shelling Corn in the Log Barn

Making Shingles
Making Shingles

Sifting FlourFun Shifting Flour

Small Engine DisplaySmall Engine Display

Steam EngineSteam Engine

Sweets 'n StuffSweets 'n Stuff

Beverage & Ice Cream Tent
Beverage & Ice Cream Tent

 

Inground Cooking
Inground Cooking

 

People Mover
People Mover

Pie TentHomemade Pie Contest

ThreshiingThreshing the Old-Fashioned Way

Victorian Funeral
Victorian Funeral - Mill House




 

 

 

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