Camp Creek Threshers — Attraction in Waverly

Great place of you want to know about our farming heritage. Only open two days a year, so don't go till next July. There are live threshing demonstrations which is essentially taking wheat that has been cut with a mower and running it through a threshing machine that separates the wheat into a wagon and then shoots the straw out the back. Threshing machines go back about a hundred years or so. They also have bailing demonstrations with equally old equipment, and steam engines and cranes and old tractors and all kinds of stuff. It's...

Great historical, working agricultural & railroading non-profit. The mid-July weekend show gets better every year. 2023 additions include an impressive corn handling system - corn on the cob in a horse-drawn wagon to storage to ground feed. For 2024, most of the buildings have been spruced up & as of May, the grounds are...

This is the most comprehensive experience in old timey agriculture and living all in one HUGE area. Literally something for adults and children alike. It's a must-do for a peek into the past. Fun things to see. Yummy eats and...