The Texas Early Day Tractor & Engine Association is planning on having the 49th Annual State Show on October 3rd.
We are working with government officials to make sure we are able to hold the event. We will make the final call on September 1st to have the show or cancel. Until then, we are moving forward with business as usual.
Thanks for your patience and understanding during these difficult times.
-Dustin
Thank you for all the support in 2019! We had a great year and a great show! Check out the newly added events for 2020! Check back soon for updates.
Video from the 2019 wheat harvest. Each year we grow and harvest our own crop for the thrashing demonstration during the show.
Admission is $10. Children 12 & under are free.
Gates open at 9:00 a.m.
Tractor Pull starts at 10:00 a.m.
Parade Starts at 1:00 p.m.
Flea Market with everything from tractor parts to Arts & Crafts!
Homemade ice cream!
Food Trucks!
Corn shelling, wheat thrashing, and blacksmith demonstrations!
Big Engines started up and ran all day!
It’s with great sorrow we share the news that Louis Miller passes away yesterday. He devoted much of his life to TEDTEA and will be missed. Please see the link for more information.
When looking through some paperwork, we came across this photo of Oliver A. Howland standing in front of his steam engine that was eventually donated to the Texas Early Day Tractor & Engine Association. Included with the pictures was a hand written note-
“The Steam Engine was bought by Will Pagett of the Prairie Lee Community in about 1889. It was shipped by Katy Railroad from Pittsburg, Pa. It was then moved by wagon about 6 miles to Prairie Lee. I’m not quite sure just when it was moved to Andice, Texas.
William Davidson built a gin in 1921 in Andice. Does not know when he sold to Carl Doering and Bill McCann. Oliver A. Howland built a cedar mill in Jolleyville, Tx in 1940. He had it in operation several years. He dismantled it all about 1980.”
April 5-6, 2019
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March 2nd will be a workday. We will begin about 8:00-8:30 a.m. We are looking for some trees to plant to replace the few that didn’t make it. There will also be plenty of spring cleanup to do. Come out for the day, come out for an hour or two, or just come by to say Hello!