Richfield Historical Society

Richfield, WI

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24th Annual Thresheree & Harvest Festival
September 16 & 17, 2023

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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 Ice Cream
Tasting Maple Cotton Candy
Hearing the Huffing and Hissing of the Steam Engine
Riding in a Covered Wagon
Enjoying an Old Tractor Parade
Listening to Live Music
Sifting Flour
Seeing Grain Being Ground at the 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
Looking at Wedding Pictures from Long Ago
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
5 Corners Automotive; Forte Bank; Legend Seeds; Wissota Sand & Gravel Co.; Wisconsin Steam Cleaners; E.H. Wolf & Sons
$399-$100: Gehring Sales & Service; Helena Chemical; United Cooperative
Goods/Services: County Wide Extinguishers; Digital Edge; Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly - Richfield; Graphic Edge; Waste Management

Don't Miss this Event in 2024 -- Mark Your Calendar
25th Annual Thresheree -- Sept. 21 & 22, 2024

Photo Gallery

Setting Up Tents
Getting Ready for the
Thresheree & Harvest Festival

Blacksmith
Watching the Blacksmith
Cooking Over a Fire
Cooking Over a Fire


Making a Rope
Making A Rope

Covered Wagon
Riding in a Covered Wagon


Riding the People MoverGetting Around the Park
in the People Mover

General Store
Remembering the General Store

Old Tractor
Watching the Tractor Parade

Maple Cotton CandyTasting Maple Cotton Candy

Sweets 'n Stuff
Finding a Bargain at
Sweets 'n Stuff

Inside Log CabinCooking Inside the Log Cabin

Kids Driving Tractor
Driving Tractors

Sawing Logs
Sawing Logs

Boutique
Shopping at the Boutique

Military DisplayLearning about US
Military History

Music
Enjoying Live Music

teeter totter
Playing on the Teeter Totter

Wedding Photos
Looking at Old Wedding Photos

Shelling Corn
Shelling Corn

Making Shingles
Making Shingles

Inside Barn MuseumViewing Farming Tools
in the Barn Museum

Small EnginesHearing the Putt-Putt of
Small Engines

Steam EngineSeeing the Steam Engine

Threshing
Threshing the
Old-Fashioned Way




 

 

 

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