West Tennessee Antique Engine & Tractor Show Attracts National Attention From Charles City, Iowa

January/February 1991
Willard Richardson 
West Tennessee Antique Association
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The University of Tennessee Experimental Station and West Tennessee Antique Association cooperate in this national show and annual 'no-till' event. This year 7,000 attended the event, which is in its 10th year. About 25% of Tennessee farmers now
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P.O. Box 369 Atwood, Tennessee 38220.

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The West Tennessee Antique Engine and Tractor Association's annual fall show held in Atwood, Tennessee, on October 5th and 6th was blessed with two days of beautiful fall weather. Better than ever, the shaded show site at the 'Y' junction was filled to overflowing into the adjoining ten-acre field. Antique equipment arrived from across Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi and Missouri. We were especially proud of the Benton County Two-Cylinder Club who exhibited some fine John Deere tractors. Also, a very rare R.C. Case (1936) on steel wheels was exhibited by John Bourque of St. Genevieve, Missouri.

Topping off a great show was the surprise visit of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Yamnitz who were dispatched from the National Hart Parr/Oliver Collectors Association based in Charles City, Iowa.

Charles City, Iowa is proclaimed as 'the home of the world's first and finest gasoline tractors.' Old Hart Parr Number One was engineered and built at Charles City in the winter of 1901-02. The new word 'tractor' was coined there in 1905. In 1929, Hart Parr would become 'Oliver Equipment Company' by way of a merger of Hart Parr, Oliver Plow Works, Nichols and Shepard, and American Seeding Company. Therefore, Charles City is the ideal home base for the National Hart Parr/Oliver Association.

Mr. Yamnitz had a very productive visit with the Association. After spending most of the day on Saturday, Mr. Yamnitz assured me his organization has not ruled out holding a National Hart Parr/Oliver Association Show in conjunction with the West Tennessee Antique Engine and Tractor Association in the future.

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