Tractor Club to Hold 25th Anniversary Show, Swap Meet and Tractor Pull

Event Date: 
August 7, 2021 (All day)

Northern Nevada’s Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Club (will hold its 25th anniversary Antique Engine and Tractor Show Saturday and Sunday, August 7 and 8, 2021 at the Douglas County Nevada Fairgrounds, 920 Pinenut Rd., Gardnerville.

Hours will be 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday August 7 and 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 8.

The event will include a tractor pull contest, displays of antique tractors, gas engines, vintage cars and trucks, and machinery as well as a silent auction and raffle for a 1948 Farmall Super A tractor, swap meet, food vendors and much more.

The entry fee is $10.00 for adults. Children under 12 years of age are FREE.

EDGE&TA is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting collection, restoration, preservation, and exhibition of gasoline engines, farm tractors, power driven machinery, and other equipment of historical value.

For information on becoming an exhibitor or to reserve a swap meet space, contact club president Jim Miller at (618) 520-3326, james.m.miller72@gmail.com, Suzanne Schneider at dstractors03@aol.com or Wendell Newman at washoephotog@gmail.com.

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