2 TIPS FOR SURVIVING FIELD DAY OF THE PAST 2018 Welcome to the Field Day of the Past “hands on” and we encourage participation, but it is peak meal times, however, so schedule meals earlier or We would like your visit to be a pleasant and fun one, always best to ask before you touch. Please remain later to avoid lines. There are plenty of vendors selling so we have designed this Survival Guide to offer you outside the pit area at the Tractor/Truck Pull track and snow cones, lemonade and bottled water for a little some tips. It provides information on what you are watch for moving vehicles at all times. Make this trip a “pick me up.” The Short Pump Grocery is open during about to experience and some suggestions to help you happy memory. show hours and offers snacks and drinks to satisfy in- make the most of your time with us. Browse through Review the Schedule of Events between meal cravings. the guide before you leave home, and bring it with you. A schedule of activities is included in this guide. Alt- Keep Track of Party Members Who, What, When and Where hough we try to include as much as possible, this sched- There are a lot of people on the grounds during the Before you get started, let us introduce ourselves. ule does not list every event. Review the schedule and show, so be especially watchful of tiny tots. In the Field Day of the Past is an annual event sponsored by plan your trip in accordance to those things you wish to event you are separated from others in your group, the Rockville-Centerville Steam & Gas Historical As- see. Most activities are scheduled more than once a day have a plan. Make sure small children know their first soc, a nonprofit organization operating under Section and many are ongoing. The Information Booth will and last names and the names of the people they are 501(c)(3) of the Codes of the Internal Revenue Service. have updates on any schedule or location changes and with. Consider pinning a contact phone number to our The event is organized and manned by volunteers and many events are announced on the PA system. child. Volunteers need this information to help. If small we always welcome a new face. Plan Your Visit children misplace their parents, please report it imme- The show grounds are located on Rt. 623 in Gooch- A map of the grounds can be found on the center pag- diately to a staff member or the Information Booth. land County. The most direct route is I-64, exit south es of this guide. Four photographic maps are also locat- As soon as you arrive, designate an obvious place to on Exit #173 and follow the signs. Field Day attracts ed on the field — one each at the Information Booth, meet should you get separated. If members in your more than 45,000 people over the three days. With this Sawmill Complex, Log Cabin and Short Pump Grocery. party go their separate ways, have a meeting time and volume of traffic, Rt. 250 is a good alternate route. These maps will allow you to place yourself in relation place designated beforehand. Turn at the traffic light in Centerville onto Ashland Rd. to other exhibits. Familiarize yourself with the grounds Restrooms are Available Signs point the way. Rt. 288 has shortened the distance to save as many steps as possible. Trams make regular Permanent bathrooms are located in the center of the for many of our visitors on the south side of the James trips around the field. You may wish to catch one as field, near Arts & Crafts. Handicapped and Baby River. Exit on Broad St. West and continue to Center- soon as your arrive, take a circuit of the grounds and Changing Facilities are available there. The structure ville. A parking lot is available on Rt. 622 across from note our many exhibits. Select the ones you wish to was erected to service our visitors, so please keep them the grounds. A lot is also available on Rt. 250 on Sat- revisit on foot. The tram makes regular stops around the clean. If a bathroom is not working, lock the door and urday only. Parking in all lots is free and transporta- grounds, which are marked. You can get on or off at report it to our bathroom attendant. Please be sure to tion is provided to the show. The best way to avoid any of these stops. Note times for demonstrations and thank her for keeping these restrooms clean during the the traffic is to arrive early, particularly on Satur- plan to visit the exhibits you like best early when they show. S.B. Cox also provides portable toilets and hand day. are not quite so crowded. Remember that the more washing stations which are scattered throughout the Show days are Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 21 crowded the grounds, the longer the tram trips. grounds. -23. The gates open at 8 a.m. and most exhibits shut Keep in mind, this is an outside event — rain or Emergency Service down at 6 p.m. Truck events are held at 7 p.m. on Fri- shine. There are some buildings and tents which pro- Centerville Fire and Rescue have fire and emergency day and 6 p.m. on Saturday.. Admission is $10 per per- vide shelter, but dress appropriately. It can be hot in medical personnel, equipment and vehicles on the son on Friday; $15 on Saturday and $10 on Sunday. September. Wear layers of clothing, bring a hat and field. Although we hope no one will need their ser- Two– and three-day passes are available for $18 and wear comfortable shoes. No matter how much you in- vices, there are times when cuts, splinters or the heat $28. tend to take the tram, you are probably going to have to can get the best of us and it’s good to know Company 3 Guests 62 and older will be admitted for $8. Tickets do some walking. volunteers are there to help. are available online at www.fielddayofthepast.net En- Also, please share your memories at Field Day on The Goochland Sheriff’s Dept. is also on the grounds ter through one of the pedestrian gates. If you plan to your social media. during certain times as are Virginia State Police. leave and return on the same day, you must have your Take Advantage of What We Know Tram Service hand stamped before re-entering. Many of the volunteers manning the exhibits and Trams are available and inside the grounds and hand- The Information Booth is located across from the demonstrations have first hand knowledge of the skills icapped transport can be requested at Registration,. Pedestrian Gate on Rt. 622, inside the show grounds. they are exhibiting. If you have questions, please ask. Some factors—weather, ground conditions and The booth is manned with volunteers armed with maps, Our exhibitors will be glad to answer your questions. crowds— can affect this service, so please be patient schedules and other information. For information prior Break Time and bear with us. to the show, call 804-741-8468 or visit the website at Field Day can be an overwhelming experience, partic- Contact with the Outside World www.fielddayofthepastnet. Pertinent information can ularly if this is your first visit. You cannot see every- No public phones are available on the grounds, but be obtained from this number during show days, in- thing in a few hours. Our grounds encompass more than most cell phone companies service the area. If you cluding changes due to inclement weather, but the 50 acres and there are hundreds of activities planned. need to meet with someone during the day, make ar- phone is not manned. It will refer you to other numbers Pace yourself and take into consideration the young and rangements outside the gates. Also make sure you have if you need to call. Be aware, however, we receive a elderly in your party. In September, the weather can be all medications and other necessary items before you lot of phone calls on show days and make every ef- variable — chilly in the morning and quite warm in the leave home. fort to answer you, but it is not always possible to do afternoon. Plan accordingly and set aside some “down Available Cash so. time.” ATM machines will be located on the grounds. Please Be Safe All members of your party will need to take a rest Lost and Found First and foremost, make your trip a safe one. Ob- break, take time to eat and just chill out, especially the Any items found on the show grounds should be serve all safety rules and adhere to staff requests, and youngest and elderly people with you. Take everyone’s turned in at the Information Booth. If you lose some- keep track of the kids. Stay alert and let common sense comfort into consideration. thing, check with these volunteers throughout the day. be your guide. Advise children to be aware of moving More than a dozen food vendors are located on the After the show, check with the Field Day office. equipment, machinery and animals. Many exhibits are grounds offering a variety of foods. There are crowds at Have a wonderful time and thanks for coming!
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With the threat of demolition hovering, the church bought chipped ice or large blocks. Tour of Field Day Grounds was donated to Field Day of the Past by Brookriver The Field Day ice house was located on the property Many permanent structures are located on the Field LLC. Later additions were removed, and the structure of the Marsh Oil Co. on Rt. 6 at Goochland Courthouse. Day of the Past Show Grounds. We invite you to use was moved in two pieces to its new location. Here it Richmond Ice Co. moved the ice house to the Esso this guide to visit each location. Take advantage of the rejoins the Short Pump Garage and Grocery Store — its (now Exxon) Service Station property more than 45 trams for a quick circuit around the field. Many of the neighbors of a prior time. years ago. permanent exhibits are manned by volunteers who can The church is manned by volunteers from Springfield Ice was sold out of the ice house until the early 1970s. provide information on the displays and exhibits. Also, Baptist and church services are conducted on Sunday By that time, the availability of ice had become so com- be sure to check the Schedule of Events so you don’t during the show. monplace this structure was no longer needed. The miss anything planned throughout the weekend. Next Stop: #2 Short Pump Grocery building was used for storage for a number of years. 2. Short Pump Grocery In 1997, Walter Marsh donated the ice house and the ice crusher, which chipped ice into small pieces, to The Short Pump Grocery is typical of the local gro- Field Day of the Past. Glenn Nuckols moved it to the cery store/filling stations which were built along rapidly grounds in early September that year. Volunteers work- growing major highways in rural Virginia in the 1930s. ing on the building discovered it cooled as well as it had Unlike the stores of earlier times, which were stocked the last day it was used and today it is used during the with every item essential to farm living from needles to show. flour, these stores were built to cater to the newly Next stop: #4 Rocketts Voting Precinct evolving motor traffic. These rural grocery stores served more as gathering places where people stopped 4. Rocketts Voting Precinct to hear the local news, discuss politics and socialize. The Rocketts Voting Precinct House was constructed The Short Pump Grocery was built in the 1930s and in the early part of the 1900s from the remains of an was operated as a grocery store/filling station along the older building. In the 1940s, Henry Brooking and Bryan side of Rt. 250 in Short Pump throughout the 1950s. It Holland of Sandy Hook in Goochland County, refur- was converted to a convenience store and remained bished the building. The voting house was used until the opened until 1995 when the highway was widened early 1960s when the Goochland Recreational Center through Short Pump. At that time, the building was was built and subsequently became the voting place for scheduled people in the area Information Booth for demoli- The voting house was moved from its original loca- The Information Booth, located inside the grounds tion. Work- tion in the 1980s to the property of James Brooking. In opposite the main Pedestrian Gate, should be the first ing with the 2009 the house was placed on permanent loan by the stop any visitor makes when he/she comes to the show. Virginia Brooking family and it was moved to the show grounds. In 1999, Field Day of the Past acquired a gazebo from Dept. of One of the original voting boxes was placed on loan by Goochland Builders, Inc. and located it on the show Highways, Dale Brooking be his death. grounds to be used as an Information Booth. Volunteers Field Day Next Stop: #5 Short Pump Garage man the booth, passing out newspapers, maps and other volunteers 5. Short Pump Garage information. This stop also serves as a resting place for moved this The Short Pump Garage was built around 1930 by tired souls. building, Seward’s Lum- In 2000, the flag poles, once located near the end of along with ber Co. and was the Tractor Pull Track in the center of the grounds, the Short Pump Transmission Shop, to the show a popular place were moved to a site just behind the Information Booth. grounds. for “locals” to With all the work of our “landscape specialist” Pam The Short Pump Grocery is decorated in an “ole congregate while Ottley and her “crew,” the attractive flower beds help country store” motif. Here, visitors can sip on a Coke mechanics make this an eye pleasing spot at which to enter the from a glass bottle, chat with “locals” about weather, worked on their grounds. Several years ago Southern Building Materials politics, family or the neighbors. Purchase a hunk of cars. added a “patio” in front of the booth. cheese, candy bar or other goodies and enjoy a time In later years, Be sure to stop here for a chat and details on your when the local grocery store, not a major supermarket, the Nuckolses visit to Field Day of the Past. catered to the whims and needs of the local populace. bought the gar- 1. Springfield Baptist Church Next stop: #3 Ice House age and began to Springfield Baptist Church was relocated to the show 3. Ice House specialize in grounds in 2007 from the Short Pump area and was one Once upon a time, ice could not be found at every transmission of only a few re- little stop along the road. Instead, it had to be hauled by repair. This maining African- truck from building is typical of many garages which were built American churches Richmond to throughout the state in the early part of the 20th century. in Henrico County country stores A mechanic of the 1930s understood how to do every from this era. The and stored in repair necessary on an automobile. Although, in those original portion of small ice days, you could not find a service station on every cor- the church dates houses such ner, the emergence of these stations represented a trend back to 1887. The as the one at to a more mobile society. As the number of vehicles congregation sold Field Day of increased, the need to have a place to buy gasoline or the church in 2004 the Past. Cus- have repairs made arose. Service station attendants and moved its wor- tomers came filled the gas tank, washed the windshield and did the ship services else- to the ice repairs. where. house and With the expansion of Rt. 250, the Short Pump
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Transmission Shop was to be torn down. It was rescued 8. Corn Crib kinds of “curing” methods for tobacco. Howard Mayo along with the Short Pump Grocery, and relocated to The Corn Crib was of Goochland mans the barn, displaying some of the the show grounds in 1995. It has been re-outfitted as once an essential tobacco artifacts which he has been collecting for many closely as possible to its original state. building on the farm. years, including tobacco signs, tools, advertising and At the side of the garage you can see a rack where a Each year, farmers other tobacco related items. car could be raised so the mechanic could grease it and would plant corn. Next Stop: #11 Gold Mine Equipment do repairs. Inside, the shelves are stocked with parts for When the crop ma- 11. Gold Mine Equipment the most modern cars — 60 years ago. Visit with our tured and produced The Erie steam drag line and the accompanying gold “mechanic on duty” who will be glad to explain all ears, the farmers would separator were used in the Bertha and Edith gold mines tools and operations.. sell some to the grain in western Goochland County. Although the Bertha and Next stop: #6 Fire Tower mills and save some back to grind into meal for their 6. Fire Tower own use. Some ears were also allotted to feed farm From the top of the fire animals throughout the winter and they were stored in lookout tower, the tree tops the corn crib. form a magic carpet that floats The crib was constructed from strips of rough lumber above the tiny ant-like figures with spaces between the boards to allow the flow of air below. through the building, allowing the ears of corn to dry. Fire lookout towers were When this was accomplished, the corn was ground into originally built in the 1930s as meal or stored for feed. part of the Civilian Conserva- This corn crib was moved to the show grounds in tion Corps, one of President 1996. It was originally built in the late teens or early Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New 1920s on the property of Forrest and Graham Nuckols Deal agencies designed to on Broad St. and Gayton Rd. in western Henrico Coun- Edith were opened in 1860, these pieces are from the fight the Great Depression. ty. 1930s, when a renewed interest in gold mining reo- Civilians manned the towers Next stop: #9 Smoke House pened old mines. part time between March 1 9. Smoke House The drag line was designed to dig up the earth and and May 15 when conditions were most likely for for- Nothing reminds someone raised on a farm of Fall dump it into the separator. Water was pumped into the est fires. Occasionally, civilians would man these struc- more than the smell trammel (large revolving barrel), which turned, causing tures in the Fall if conditions merited it. According to of hams curing in the mud containing gold to fall through the holes. Gravel the Forest Fire Lookout Association, there was once a smoke house. When went out the back and was sold to the highway depart- network of 5,000 fire lookout towers throughout the days grew cold ment for road material. The mud covered gold went U.S. The number is steadily decreasing as the need for enough that meat into one of three spinning dishes on the machine. Cen- them has been replaced by aerial surveillance and mod- could be processed trifugal force caused the mud to be slung off and sepa- ern technology. without danger of rated from the gold. Gold, which was black because of In early 1996, the Fire Lookout Tower was obtained spoiling, farmers the presence of sand, was processed with mercury to by Field Day of the Past. It originally stood on Rt. 54 killed the hogs they separate it from the sand. near Scotchtown in Hanover County. This particular had raised during the Gold mining was once a prosperous business in tower is estimated to have been built around 1937 and summer. Hams, Goochland and other Virginia counties. Although com- it was manned well into the 1980s. shoulders and other plete records are not available, estimates of the amount Field Day volunteers use the tower to make aerial edible parts of the of gold discovered in Goochland alone range from photographs of the grounds and, at its base, the Virgin- hog were hung in the $500,000 to $1.5 million. The search for gold came to a ia Dept. of Forestry exhibit can be found. Personnel smoke house to begin “curing,” or preserving the meat. halt during the War Between the States and the industry from the department explain how the tower was used Farm families relied on this stock of meat to feed them never fully recovered after war’s end. The cost of ex- and exhibits some of the items used in it. The Field through the winter. tracting the ore outweighed the profits and promise of Day tower is a monument to a disappearing piece of Be sure to take a peek inside the smoke house and see gold in California brought an end to major mining lo- Americana. the slow burning fire and inhale the aroma of the curing cally. Although the 1930s saw a revitalized interest in Next stop: #7 Barnyard meat. Smoke gives meat a flavor and different mining, it was short lived. 7. Barnyard “flavors” can be obtained from using different kinds of The drag line and separator were donated to Field Children of all ages enjoy visiting the Field Day of wood. Day of the Past by the Walton family in 1993. the Past Barnyard. For three Like the corn crib, the smoke house was built on the Next stop: #12. Homestead days, this is home to many Nuckols’ property in Henrico County and was moved 12. Homestead farm animals, horses, ponies, to Field Day in 1996. The log cabin and fowl of various descrip- Next stop: #10 Tobacco Barn was home to thou- tions. 10. Tobacco Barn sands of families The Barn was one of the The Tobacco Barn of the American first permanent structures built was relocated to the frontier. As fami- on the grounds. It was con- show grounds in 2007. lies struggled to structed by volunteers in Once harvested, tobac- make a living at 1992. Stop here and take a co was hung in struc- the edge of civili- few minutes to enjoy the ani- tures such as this to zation, they con- mals. dry. As with hams, structed home- Next stop: #8 Corn Crib there are different stead around the cabin, including
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Friday, September 21. 2018 Southland Dairy Farmers Milking All Exhibits/Demos Shut Down 8:00 a.m. Gates open to the general public Demos 12:15 p.m Dixie 4x4 Corn Hole Tournament Thru‐out Day ODDHMA Harnessing Demos, Equip 4:30 p.m. Show‐Me Swine Racers Chain Saw Carving Harley Dougherty ment Display & Teamster Demos, Lamar Banister—A Turn of A Century Jeff Robbins Music & Bean Can Guitar Horse Drawn Barrel Train, Hobby 5:00 p.m. 4‐H Poultry Show Making Horse Races Apple Cider Making Pedal Power Tractor Pull Short Pump Grocery opens Storytelling 12:30 p.m. Southland Dairy Farmers Milking Demos 9:00 a.m. Field Day of the Past Post Office opens Diesel Engine Building Demonstra ons 1:00 p.m. Storytelling Pullman Car and Caboose Tours Begin 5:30 p.m. Hypno st Comedy Show Diesel Engine Building Demos Diesel Engine Building Demonstra ons Chain Saw Carving — Harley Dougherty 4‐H Beef Show 10:00 a.m. Peanut Picking Demonstra ons 6:00 p.m. Kenny Cosby —SOUND STAGE 1:30 p.m. Show‐Me Swine Racers Jeff Robbins Music & Bean Can Guitar 6:30 p.m. 4‐H Challenge Old Money — SOUND STAGE Making 7:00 p.m. SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Lamar Banister—A Turn of A Century Apple Cider Making ALL EXHIBITS MUST SHUT DOWN Log Demos, Obstacle Course Demo 10:30 a.m. Chain Saw Carving —Harley Dougherty Truck Events Begin Classes Agricadabra Magic Show Saturday, September 22, 2018 2:00 p.m. Agricadabra Magic Show Southland Dairy Farmers Milking 8:00 a.m . Gates open to the general public Southland Dairy Farmers Milking Demos Demos Short Pump Grocery opens Chain Saw Carving‐Harley Dougherty 11:00 a.m. Show‐Me Swine Racers Pullman Car and Caboose Tours Begin Dixie 4x4 Horseshoe Pitch Civil War Weapons Demonstra ons 8:30 a.m. Show‐Me Swine Racers Peanut Picking Demonstra ons CANNON WILL BE FIRED 9:00 a.m. Field Day of the Past Post Office opens 2:30 p.m. Apple Cider Making Pedal Power Tractor Pull Pedal Power Tractor Pull Diesel Engine Building Demonstra ons Diesel Engine Building Demonstra ons Virginia High School Rodeo — 3:00 p.m. Chain Saw Carving Auc on 11:30 a.m. Lamar Banister—A Turn of A Century Equestrian Field Storytelling Wheat Threshing/Corn Shelling Demos Diesel Engine Building Demonstra ons Jeff Robbins — Music & Bean Can Guitar 12 noon Cole Amusement Rides open Agricadabra Magic Show Making Jeff Robbins Music & Bean Can Guitar Chain Saw Carving‐Harley Dougherty ODDHMA: Horse Drawn Barrel Train Making 9:30 a.m. Hannah G — SOUND STAGE Civil War Weapons Demonstra ons Apple Cider Making Apple Cider Making CANNONS WILL BE FIRED Storytelling 4‐H Rabbit Show Virginia High School Rodeo — 12:30 p.m Agricadabra Magic Show 10:00 a.m. Storytelling Equestrian Field Southland Dairy Farmers Milking Field Day Tractor Pulls begin Dixie 4x4 Corn Hole Tournament Demos Jeff Robbins Music & Bean Can Guitar Pedal Power Tractor Pull 1:00 p.m. Chain Saw Carving—Harley Dougherty Wheat Threshing/Corn Shelling Demos Making Show‐Me Swine Racers Lawn Mower Pulls 3:30 p.m. Diesel Engine Building Demonstra ons Diesel Engine Building Demonstra ons Cole Amusement Rides open Show‐Me Swine Racers 1:30 p.m. Pedal Power Tractor Pulls Peanut Picking Demonstra ons 4:00 p.m. LoCountry — SOUND STAGE 2:00 p.m. Peanut Picking Demonstra ons ODDHMA: Horse Drawn Barrel Train Dixie 4x4 Horseshoe Pitch Jeff Robbins‐Music & Bean Can Guitar 10:30 a.m. Lamar Banister‐A Turn of A Century 4‐H Costume Contest Making Southland Dairy Farmers Milking Demos 4:30 p.m. Peanut Picking Demonstra ons Southland Dairy Farmers Milking 11:00 a.m. Chestnut Circuit Riders — SOUND Southland Dairy Farmers Milking Demos STAGE Demos 2:30 p.m. John Savarese — SOUND STAGE Show‐Me Swine Racers Apple Cider Making Lamar Banister—A Turn of A Century 4‐H Swine Show 5:00 p.m. Jeff Robbins‐Music & Bean Can Guitar 3:00 p.m. Show‐Me Swine Racers Making ODDMA‐Harnessing Demos Apple Cider Making Wheat Threshing/Corn Shelling Diesel Engine Building Demonstra ons Civil War Weapons Demonstra ons Demonstra ons 5:30 p.m. Lamar Banister ‐ A Turn of A Century CANNON WILL BE FIRED Civil War Weapons Demonstra ons Hypno st Comedy Show Wheat Threshing/Corn Shelling 3:30 p.m Agricadabra Magic Show CANNON WILL BE FIRED Wheat Threshing/Corn Shelling Demos Diesel Engine Building Demos Demos Chain Saw Carving — Harley Dougherty 11:30 a.m. Agricadabra Magic Show Chain Saw Carving‐Harley Dougherty Diesel Engine Building Demonstra ons Apple Cider Making 6:00 p.m. SINGING OF NATIONAL ANTHEM 4:00 p.m. Jeff Robbins—Music & Bean Can Guitar ODDHMA—Hobby Horse Races Storytelling Making 12 noon SINGING OF NATIONAL ANTHEM Show‐Me Swine Racers Steel Tip — SOUND STAGE Hannah G 6:00 p.m. Field Day of the Past Truck Pulls
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8 Field Day of the Past Schedule of Events, continued 2:00 p.m. Southland Dairy Farmers Milking Demos Sunday, September 17, 2017 Diesel Engine Building Demonstra ons Jeff Robbins‐Music & Bean Can Guitar 7:30 a.m. Field Day of the Past Church Services, Civil War Weapons Demonstra ons Making Springfield Church CANNON WILL BE FIRED Dixie 4x4 Horseshoe Pitch 8:00 a.m . Field Day Exhibits and Displays open 11:30 a.m. Wheat Threshing/Corn Shelling Demos Peanut Picking Demonstra ons Short Pump Grocery opens for business Apple Cider Making 2:30 p.m. Read and Win Program Recogni on — 9:00 a.m. Field Day of the Past Post Office opens ODDHMA: Hobby Horse Races Field Day Sound Stage Pullman Car & Caboose Tours Begin 12 noon SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Apple Cider Making Agricadabra Magic Show Hannah G Show‐Me Swine Racers 4‐H Goat Show All exhibits/displays shut down Chain Saw Carving — Harley Dougherty 9:30 a.m. Jeff Robbins ‐Music & Bean Can Guitar 12:15 p.m. Storytelling 3:00 p.m. Agricadabra Magic Show Making Dixie 4x4 Corn Hole Tournament Storytelling Apple Cider Making Jeff Robbins‐Music & Bean Guitar Civil War Weapons Demonstra ons Diesel Engine Building Demonstra ons Making CANNON WILL BE FIRED 10:00 a.m. Cole Amusement Rides open Virginia High School Rodeo‐ ODDHMA: Horse Drawn Barrel Train Stephen “Crash” Bryant — SOUND Equestrian Field Pedal Power Tractor Pulls STAGE Field Day of the Past Tractor Pulls Begin 3:30 p.m. Jeff Robbins—Music & Bean Can Guitar Show‐Me Swine Racers 12:30 p.m. Shield of Faith — SOUND STAGE Making Lamar Banister‐A Turn of A Century Chain Saw Carving — Harley Dougherty Wheat Threshing/Corn Shelling Demos ODDHMA: Horse Drawn Barrel Train Southland Dairy Farmers Milking Demos Diesel Engine Building Demonstra ons Pedal Power Tractor Pull Show‐Me Swine Racers 4:00 p.m. Southland Dairy Farmers Miliking Demos Chain Saw Carving — Harley Dougherty 1:00 p.m. Agricadabra Magic Show 4:30 p.m. X‐Band — SOUND STAGE Lawn Mower Pulls 4‐H Dairy Show Lamar Banister‐A Turn of A Century Peanut Picking Demonstra ons Pedal Power Tractor Pull Apple Cider Making 10:30 a.m. Southland Dairy Farmers Milking Wheat Threshing/Corn Shelling Demos Show‐Me Swine Racers Demos Diesel Engine Building Demonstra ons Peanut Picking Demonstra ons 11:00 a.m. Hannah G — SOUND STAGE 1:30 p.m. ODDHMA: Log Demos, Obstacle Course 5:00 p.m. Hypno st Comedy Show ODDHMA: Harnessing Demos Demo Classes Jeff Robbins‐Music & Bean Can Guitar 4‐H Sheep Show Lamar Banister—A Turn of A Century Making
**Additional ODDHMA activities include Barnyard Pull, interactive kids’ games, sled demonstrations such as hay bale moving, milk can, etc. Demonstrations will take place periodically through the day at the Sorghum Mill, Steam Sawmill, Woodworking Shop, Canning Kitchen, Stave Mill and Grasberger’s Spoon Factory, Print Shop, Smoke House, Heritage Crafters Area, and Antique Construction Equipment. The Field Day of the Past Post Office will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The Short Pump Garage and Short Pump Grocery still will be open each day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Arts and Crafts Vendors will be on the grounds from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. The Vintage Vehicle Show takes place each day and Small Engine and Antique Tractor displays are on the grounds from open to close Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Musical performance take place on the Field Day of the Past Sound Stage each day. Please check the Schedule of Events for time. Cole Amusements will provide amusement rides, games and carnival food throughout the weekend. ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE John Alexander-Broom maker B&T Pulling Team Lawn Mower Pulls Spencer Two Dogs Bolejack Traditional Survival Skills Agricadabra Magic Show Hypnotist Comedy Show Apple Cider Making Boots & Britches Music and 1923 Dream Camper Central Virginia Gold Prospecting Associations goldmining demonstrations The Circuit Riders Cowboy Camp Leslie Davis’ Petting Zoo Mann Lee and the 4-H Barnyard Goochland Historical Society at Rocketts Precinct Voting House Hoytt Hill’s Civil War Medical Display Richmond Discoveries Civil War Camp with Weapon’s Demonstration Homestead Creamery’s Calf Heritage Crafters at the Log Cabin James River Carvers Arthur Jenkins’ Antique Photography Display Storytelling by the Storytelling Channel Luke McDonald Colonial Woodworking Thomas Tucker-The Travelin’ Woodwright Mechanical Bull Rides Old Dominion Draft Horse and Mule Demonstrations, exhibits & rides Lamar Banister’s A Turn of A Century Thomas Newton’s Revolutionary War re-enactments Pedal Power Tractor Pulls Pony Rides, LTD Pullman Car and RF&P Caboose Tours Rappahannock River Railroaders Model Train Display Jeff Robbins Music and Pork ‘n Bean Can Guitar Making Southland Dairy Farmers Mobile Dairy Classroom Virginia Scots Guards Pipe and Drum Corps Jim Bordwine Saltmaking & Moonshining Show-Me Swine Racers Art Taylor’s Plow Display Howard Mayo’s Tobacco Barn Display Virginia Extension Service Displays and Exhibits Goochland 4-H Livestock Shows Virginia High School Rodeo Jim Callear’s WWII 1943 Recruiting Program World War I and World War II Exhibits & Displays Several food vendors are located throughout the grounds serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Free parking is available. Centerville Fire & Rescue Co. #3, Goochland Sheriff’s Dept. and Virginia State Police are onsite to provide assistance when and where needed. Private security is also on the grounds from Wednesday through Sunday.
The Schedule is subject to change based on weather, ground conditions and circumstances beyond our control. Please check with the Information Booth.
The Rockville-Centerville Steam & Gas Historical Assn., sponsor of Field Day of the Past, is a 501(c)(3) organization.
9 barns, pens for animals and other outbuildings. The log Next stop: #15 Bill’s Barbecue Display cles used in daily living. cabin housed entire families in a single room with a loft. 15. Bill’s Barbecue Display Antique photographs from Virginia’s past and a As the family grew, rooms might be added to accommo- In 2012, a Richmond icon, Bill’s Barbecue closed all photographic history of the streetcar system in Rich- date new members. of its locations. That year, Field Day of the Past ac- mond are on display. Construction on the Field Day log cabin began in quired one of the Bill’s signs from the Boulevard loca- In 2006, Field Day volunteers installed a soda foun- 1997 when Eastern Tree, Bob Davis Custom Sawing tion. In 2013, the sign had been erected and the Bill’s tain like those seen in drug stores around the turn of the and Jim Munden, a professional forester, joined forces Barbecue Display opened for the show. In the exhibit century. Ice cream and soda were served from this soda to raise the 15’ x 15’ settler’s cabin. In 1998, the cabin building are artifacts from the well loved restaurant — fountain in Gaithright’s Store in Goochland. Years after was relocated from its original site across from the a booth, napkins, cups, food service tray, etc. The view the store was closed the equipment was taken apart and Sawmill Complex to its present one. A porch was added of the Boulevard is seen through the “window”on one stored. It was retrieved from eventual destruction and after the move and many “improvements” have been side of the building. placed on loan by Ed Wesley. Field Day volunteers made since that time. Nest stop: #16 Educational Building reconstructed it for display. In 2004, volunteers Paul Krantz and Mark Clifford Over the past two years, a growing display on tobacco built a smoke house to serve the homesteader’s needs 16. Educational Building in Virginia has been incorporated into the exhibits in and a root cellar has been dug and stocked with items The Educational the Educational Building. Tobacco raised on the show traditionally found on the homestead. Next stop: #13 Building was con- grounds hangs from the ceiling and informational pic- Henley-Isbell-Rigsby Bridge structed on the tures and boards, along with tobacco memorabilia ex- 13. Henley-Isbell-Rigsby Bridge grounds in 2000 and amine the importance of tobacco on Virginia’s econo- was built to house Field Day’s Henley-Isbell-Rigsby Bridge was named my in past decades. both permanent and for the three volun- Next stop: #17 Post Office rotating exhibits. teers instrumental Among the early 17. Field Day Post Office in getting the wood- exhibits were dis- Yes, it’s a real post office. Visitors can mail letters, en structure built in plays and informa- buy stamps and take advantage of other services offered 1998. Bert Henley, tional boards on the by the U.S. Postal Service. You can purchase a post Ben Isbell and Earl importance of the card and mail it to Rigsby teamed up Kanawha and James loved ones around for the effort. River Canal in Richmond and the eastern U.S. Some of the world. Mail has Once an open this exhibit, donated by the Ethyl Corp., can still be been received from bridge, a covered seen. the Field Day Post wooded bridge re- In the ensuing years, several other major exhibitions Office in places as placed the original have developed in the Educational Building. The Field far away as Japan one in 2010. Enjoy Day Print Shop, originally located in the Post Office, and Hawaii. Each this cool spot dur- was relocated here. Prior to high tech machines and year the post office ing your visit with us. computers, printers produced the printed page the hard offers envelopes for Next stop: #14 Windmill way. Lead was melted and poured into molds to form sale which carry a 14. Windmill letters, numbers and symbols, collectively known as special cancellation stamp designed for the show. Many The windmill is one of the oldest devices used by man “type.” All type was placed (or set) by hand, one letter of our visitors have collected all of these envelopes. to harness natural energy. The basic at a time into wooden frames. Many of the typesetters In 1996, the Field Day of the Past Post Office was principle is simple — harness the of the day could set a column of newspaper copy al- one of only two post offices in Virginia to be open on wind so it can provide a source of most as fast as some could type it on the computer to- Sunday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of rural free power. day. Many masters of hand-set type could produce up delivery. The Field Day windmill is of a to 60 or 70 words per minute — one letter at a time. The Post Office was built by volunteers in 1996. type not most reliable as a source of In the Print Shop, visitors can see displays and Originally it was home to the Print Shop. Now, in addi- power as it operates only when the demonstrations of hand-set type and printing with an tion to the Post Office it also houses an special Exhibi- wind is blowing. It’s main use is to old Brandtjen & Kluge press, donated by National Seal tion of antique photographs collected by Field Day of pump water. Works and refurbished by Forest Rollers in Maryland. the Past over the years. In the early years of the show, the Other printing machinery includes an operational Inter- Next stop: #18 Stave Mill windmill stood adjacent to the type typesetting machine, a proof press, type cabinets, 18. Stave Mill Sawmill Complex. It was donated pigs of lead, lead type and other items necessary in the The Stave Mill Building was completed in 2006. It by Jimmy Adams of Mechanicsville days of “hot type.” houses a stave mill—complete with the saws necessary and was originally erected in east- The Farm Exhibit and the Farm Kitchen are also lo- to cut staves (the curved sides of barrels.) The mill was ern Henrico County around 1918. cated in the Educational Building. The Farm Exhibit manufactured by F.K. Lenker & Co. of Pennsylvania From there it was moved to Charles contains hundreds of items — hand tools, small ma- and was moved from Powhatan to the grounds by J.E. City County where Hurricane Hazel chinery and all the odds and ends which could have Liesfeld, blew it down in the 1950s. That been found on farms throughout Virginia from the Jr. It was windmill was relocated to the 1700s to today. Rakes, plows, hoes, planters, saws and originally grounds in 1997. In 1998, the air brooms are on display. owned by motor was destroyed in another wind storm and a new The Farm Kitchen, added in 2004, houses household the Horn- motor was mounted to the original tower. In 1999, the items common for the farming lifestyle for many dec- er family Field Day windmill, long a recognizable symbol of the ades. Oil lamps, a wood cook stove, crocks, a foot and is show, was moved to its current location at the log cabin. warmer, antique dishes, medicine bottles, a trunk, hair- opera- The original air motor and blades were incorporated in curlers which had to be heated over an oil lamp, antique tional the Farm Exhibit in the Educational Building. washing machine and wash board and many other arti- during
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show days. ingredients that go into your foods. It’s a reliable meth- foot flywheel dominates the front center bay of the Next stop: #19 Rideout Cotton Gin od of preserving your own food for long-term storage. Sawmill Complex. The Corliss was moved from Jones 19. Rideout Cotton Gin It also offers a sense of accomplishment you can share Lumber Company in Montpelier in 1998. The Rideout Cotton with family and friends. A planing mill is on display, as well as a large air Gin was relocated to the The Field Day Canning Kitchen was built in 1999 by compressor donated by City Ice Works in Petersburg, show grounds from Field Day of the Past woodwrights and sponsored by which help give the building its vintage appeal. Bracey, Va in the spring Pleasants Hardware. At the B.A. Grasberger Co. exhibit, volunteers peel of 2008. Little is known Next stop: #22 Blacksmith Shop veneer from logs and feed it through a huge stamping about the history of the 22. Blacksmith Shop machine, producing thousands of wooden ice cream spoons. The Grasberger Co., located near Mineral, Va cotton gin. Although it is The Field Day of the Past Blacksmith Shop was around the turn of the century, produced the wooden operational, it is a static originally constructed around 1850 as a smoke house. It spoons along with tongue depressors, assorted wooden exhibit. was owned by the family of Forrest and Willard Nash utensils and paper ice cream dishes. The veneer ma- The “modern” cotton of the Hylas/Rockville area of Hanover County. The gin was created by Eli chine, press, belts, pulleys and assorted bits and pieces Whitney in 1793. The of equipment operate at Field Day as they did in the machine separates the early 1900s . cotton fiber from the seed, and its invention greatly A Woodworking Shop was added in 2009 to house reduced the amount of labor needed to do this by the many woodworking machinery and tools we have hand. This stop offers a rare glimpse into our past. accumulated. The shop is used on a regular basis. Next stop: #20 Woodwright Shop The wide range of machinery and equipment housed in the Sawmill Complex offers an excellent example of 20. Woodwright Shop the types and kinds of machines which drove the indus- In the 19th century, woodwright shops began to tries of America in the early decades of the 20th centu- spring up in re- ry. Although technology has made them obsolete, many sponse to the in- of these pieces will still be operating when machines of creasing demand today are no longer serviceable. Be sure to include this for furniture and stop on your tour of the grounds. Some of the dinosaurs structure was moved to the show grounds in 1994. tools. Originally, you see here were the shining glories of the Industrial Scott Hingley, Field Day blacksmith for many years, the town black- Revolution in America. converted it into the shop you see today. smith repaired or Next stop: #24 Exhibit Building made wooden Blacksmiths were one of the most important members wagons, farm of the farming community in earlier decades. Not only 24. Exhibit Building tools, and even did they serve as farriers but they also worked on many The Exhibit Building, located behind the Sawmill household items of the items used by the family on a daily basis —horse Complex, is a work in progress. Begun in 2009, several such as andirons, drawn carts, bed frames, farm machinery, branding changes have occurred here since. John Meola’s but as towns grew and private enterprise increased, irons, wheels and other metal objects. The blacksmith “workshop.” John is our artist/inventor in residence. the woodwright shop evolved. often fulfilled other roles within the community as well, Next stop: # 25 Metal Working Shop The woodwright made and repaired everything from the occupations of tooth extractors and undertakers 25. Metal Working Shop kitchen utensils to wagons and furniture. As factories being the most common. In 2012, a metal working shop was added in the Ex- developed, the woodwright made wooden gears that Next stop: #23 Sawmill Complex hibit Building. This shop is home to a vertical shaper ran machinery. 23. Sawmill Complex used in the Titus Machine Shop in Petersburg in bygone The Field Day Woodwright Shop was built in 1997 The Earl Liesfeld Sawmill Complex is one of the years, a flatbed planer, a old by Earl Carwile and Merrill Bowles with materials most popular attractions at Field Day of the Past. Earl lathe, several pieces of ma- donated by N.B. Goodwyn and Sons, Inc. of Chester- Liesfeld was “boss” of the mill hands in the show’s chinery from Shortt’s Ma- field Courthouse, Va. It is equipped with antique tools earliest days and oversaw the operation of the Frick chine Shop which was part of and machinery as a woodwright shop would have steam powered a donation from the Valen- been in the 1800s and early 1900s. Some woodwork- mill for many tine Museum, an ironworker ing project is always taking place here during show years. which punches hole in metal, days. Upon Earl’s and a milling machine. Much Next stop: #21 Canning Kitchen death in 1997, of the machinery here is op- 21. Canning Kitchen a painted saw erational and is used through- In the early part of blade, declar- out the year. the 20th century, be- ing the build- Next stop: #26 Water Tow- fore electricity, home ing “Earl ers canning was a way to Liesfeld’s 26. Water Towers preserve foods from Mill,” was Wooden water towers were gardens for the hung in his once common sights in rural months when there memory. Virginia. These tanks could were no fresh fruits Contained in the complex are several steam engines hold large amounts of water and vegetables availa- and boilers which are used to operate the mill. to be readily available for ble. Back then, fresh foods were not readily available Visitors can also see a Skinner steam powered gener- bathing, fighting fires, irriga- in grocery stores as they are today. Even today, home ator, built in 1926, and donated by A.E. Tate Lumber tion, watering livestock, canning offers complete control over the quality of Company operating during show days. The 150- washing clothes, or anything horsepower Corliss steam engine with its massive 12-
11 else for which the liquid was required. The molasses making process begins by pressing the form intact. Field Day of the Past is home to two water towers. cane to extract the juice. The juice is then evaporated More modern, streamlined Pullman sleeping cars The oldest of these was donated by Jimmy Adams of over a fire to produce a thick, heavy syrup. The syrup is with all-closed-room spaces, such as Amtrack provides Mechanicsville in 1995 and once stood adjacent to the jarred as sorghum molasses. Sorghum molasses was a today, supplanted these historic heavy-weights, but the Sawmill Complex. It was relocated to a site near the staple on farms in past decades. It was eaten on biscuits service excellence provided by Pullman has never been Gold Mine Equipment, a location much closer to the or used in cooking. excelled. creek. This tower now serves as a water source for the In 2002 Field Day volunteers constructed a shelter to “Mt. Foraker” was sold out of Southern Railways’ steam engines which travel the grounds on show days. house both the cooking pan and the sorghum press. In work train service in 1972 to Heritage Savings & Loan A tower donated by Jack Luck of Ashland was addition to the sorghum molasses making, visitors can and was converted for their use at Forest Hill Ave. and moved to the grounds in 1996 and replaced the original also see various types of mills used over the years to Cherokee Rd. She was sold again in 1996 to Gooch- tower near the Sawmill Complex. This tower is used as press the sorghum cane, as well as other sorghum relat- land County’s Elliott family, moved, and re-converted a water supply for the stationery steam engines in the ed utensils. for use as a tavern-lounge. sawmill building and as a method of fire prevention. Next stop: #29 Tractor Pull Track In 2001, this much-travelled 80-ton grand old lady Next stop: #27 Diesel Engine Building 29. Tractor Pull Track was donated to Field Day of the Past and relocated 27. Diesel Engine Building Tractor owners have been competing with each other here. This building on the Field Her interior is decorated with fabrics, materials and was erected to Day Tractor patterns typical of her 1920s origin. At that time, and house a four- Pull Track since for a very long time afterward, Pullman Co. service cylinder Fairbanks the show was synonymous with first-class travel comfort and -Morse Model 32 opened in 1992. convenience. Volunteers refurbished the car in 2011. diesel engine. The The event is The wood sheathed 1920s Richmond, Fredericksburg engine, from handled by the & Potomac (RF&P) caboose was donated to Field Day White Stone, Va., Tractor Pull by the Rennolds family in 2007 and was moved here was moved to Committee, with the help of Billy Woodson from Capital Garage. It Field Day in chaired by Terry is coupled to the forward end of the “Mt. Foraker” for 2000. An Ander- McNeely. Vol- practical purposes and limited space, as well as visitor son engine from unteers built the announcer’s stand on the track in 1993. access. Cabooses were never attached to passenger Dinwiddie powers a line shaft installed by volunteers It was one of the show’s first permanent structures. trains, only to the rear of freight trains. in 2005. This line shaft drives pumps, air compressors Each year, tractors compete in several classes on Sat- In 2009, Field Day of the Past volunteers replaced and generators. urday and Sunday during the show. Since 1997, the siding repaired windows and hardware, replaced both A Kohler 32-volt power plant, once used as an track has also been home to the Field Day Truck pulls, ends of the platforms and scraped and painted the car emergency power source for Thalhimers on Broad St in run on Friday and Saturday evenings. These events are inside and outside. Exhibits have been placed inside. Richmond, and two Superior diesel engines, which hosted by the Truck Pull Committee, chaired by Barbee Now the caboose is part of the Pullman Car Tour dur- served as a backup unit for C&P Telephone at 7th and Cox ing the annual event. Grace streets in Richmond are also located in the Die- Next stop: #30 Pullman Railroad Car & RF&P In addition to the Pullman car and the caboose, Field sel Engine Building Caboose Day has an old railroad work car on display. In 2010 To the right, just outside this building, are a Cum- volunteers, under the guidance and supervision of Paul mins generator, which was used by a power plant in 30. Pullman Railroad Car Krantz, refurbished this piece of machinery. The work Maryland, and a LeRoi generator from Dan River RF&P Caboose car was sandblasted, paint- Mills. A generator with a Caterpillar engine was donat- The 1023 Pullman Sleeper/Observation heavy-weight ed, and metal and wood- ed by Luck Stone Co. in the show’s early year’s, and passenger car “Mt. Foraker” is one of 264 such cars work was done to restore this engine saved the show during Hurricane Isabel built between 1919 and 1929. Originally assigned to the it. It is only display in front when Virginia Power went down. Also here is a huge Chicago & Northwestern Railway’s premier “North of the Pullman car. water turbine once used for generating current for Western Limited,” after 1928 she was re-assigned to Next stop: #31 Souvenir James River Paper Co. It was powered by water by the Pullman General Service and could have been used Shop James River and Kanawha Canal. A 50 hp Bessemer anywhere in this country. Purchased by Southern Rail- 31. Souvenir Shop oil field engine is also on display. way in 1968, she served on the very scenic “Asheville At the Souvenir Shop Next stop: #28 Sorghum Mill Special.” visitors will find pieces of 28. Sorghum Mill With ten open-section sleeping compartments, (two memorabilia from the Sorghum is a berths each, an upper and a lower), a 14-seat Observa- show’s history. Show but- sweetener that is tion Lounge, and an open, brass-railed Observation tons and a few plaques grown mainly in Platform at the rear, the “Mt. Foraker” represents the from prior’s year’s shows, the southeastern very best of old-style railway passenger service. She is hats and t-shirts can be part of the U.S as unique in being, it is believed, the only such 10- purchased here at very an alternative to Section/Observation car to have survived with any of reasonable prices. Current year buttons are also availa- sugar cane, her original sleeping sections and her brass-railed plat- ble in the shop, as well as information on which does not memberships, committees, and other par- grow well in this ticulars. Located adjacent to the Infor- area. Field Day mation Booth, the Souvenir Shop is con- of the Past grows its own sorghum cane, harvests it venient for guests who are coming in or and, on show days, presses it and cooks it down to a those who are leaving and need that last syrup. This is a lengthy process but definitely worth minute souvenir. the wait.
12 2018 FIELD DAY OF THE PAST MENUS & PRICE LISTS (Major vendors only) Amelia Lion’s Club Hungry Hungry Arrow Columbia Joe’s BREAKFAST Na ve American Taco $10.00 Chef’s Choice Egg Dish $5.00 Sausage on a Bun $3.00 Barnyard Fry Bread $9.00 Pla ers include two sides and a drink Rib Eye Steak on a Bun $5.00 Rez Dog $8.00 Chicken Pla er $8.00 Hash Browns $2.00 BBQ Chicken Fry Bread $$9.00 Pork Pla er $8.00 LUNCH/DINNER Buffalo Chicken Fry Bread $9.00 Rib Pla er $12.00 Hot Dog $2.00 Dessert Fry Bread $7.00 Beef Brisket Pla er $12.00 Hamburger/Cheeseburger $5.00 Drinks $1.00 Sides: Mac & cheese, cole slaw, baked apples, corn & bean sal‐ Polish Sausage $5.00 Add Bacon or Cheese $1.00 ad, baked beans BBQ $5.00 Extra Sour Cream $.50 Two Kings Concessions Chicken Wings 6/15 $5.00/$10.00 Field Day Food Trailer — Picklel Barrel Catering Breakfast Sandwich $3.00 Grilled Rib Eye Steak Sandwich $8.00 Menu not available at press me Coffee $3.00 Bologna Burger $3.00 Leisure Time Concession (by bath house) Turkey Legs $10.00 Homemade French Fries $2.00 Corn Dogs $7.00 Sausage Sandwich $9.00 Chili Cheese Fries $5.00 Funnel Cakes $7.00‐$9.00 Flowering Onion $10.00 Soda (Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Fried Oreo’s $7.00 Cheeseburger Small/Large $4.00/$9.00 Mountain Dew $1.00 Lemonade $5.00‐$6.00 Hot Dog Small/Large $2.00/$4.00 Water $1.00 Fresh Brewed Tea $5.00 Steak Sandwich $9.00 Archer’s BBQ Water $2.00 Ke le Korn Small/Large $5.00/$7.00 BREAKFAST Leisure Time Concessions #2 (Three Knotch Rd.) Pork Chop Sandwich/Chicken Tenders $8.00 Egg, Bacon (or Sausage) ,Biscuit $4.00 Everything on a S ck Bologna Sandwich $6.00 Egg, Bologna, Biscuit $5.00 Foot Long Corn Dog $6.00 Fish Sandwich/Clam Basket $8.00 Add Cheese $.50 Pork Tenderloin $9.00 Ke le Chips $5.00 Gravy Biscuit $3.00 Polish Sausage $9.00 Oyster Basket $12.00 Pancakes $3.00/$4.00 Chicken $9.00 Shrimp Basket/Bang Bangin Shrimp $10.00/$12.00 Hash Browns $2.00 Cheese Cake $6.00 Funnel Cake $6.00 Breakfast Bowel $6.00 Funnel Cakes (not on a s ck) %6.00 Fried Twinkies/Fried Oreos $5.00 Biscuit, Gravy, Egg & Choice of Meat w/ Strawberry Topping Add $2.00 Foot Long Corn Dog $5.00 Make it a Pla er $7.00 Fried Oreos $7.00 Fries/Fried Mac & Cheese $4.00/$5.00 Choice of eat, Egg, Hash Brown, gravy biscuit or pancakes Lemonade (original/strawberry) $5.00‐$6.00 Lemonade Small/Large $2.00/$5.00 Orange Juice $2.00 Fresh Brewed Tea $5.00 Tea Small/Large $2.00/$4.00 Coffee, Can Drinks, Tea $1.00 Bo led Water $2.00 Bo led Drinks 20 oz. $3.00 LUNCH/DINNER Strawberry Street II (Track Side) Kid’s Meal $5.00 Hot Dog/w/ Cheese/w/ Chili Cheese $2.00/$2.50/$3.00 Steak & Cheese $9.00 Melody’s Sugar Shack Hamburger $4.00 Steak & Cheese Fries $12.00 20 oz. Drinks/Bo led Water $3.00 Cheeseburger $5.00 Italian Sausage $9.00 32 oz. Fresh Squeezed Lemonade, Limeade, Teas Bologna Burger $6.00 Cheeseburger $6.00 (Souvenir Cup) $5.00 BBQ Sandwich $6.00 Jumbo Hot Dog $4.00 Refill w/ Souvenir Cup all 3 days $3.00 Ribs — whole/half $22.00/$11.00 Barbeque Sandwich $7.00 Hot Dog $2.00 Chicken Wings $5.00/$.00 Chicken Tenders w/ Fries $10.00 Cheese Dog/Chili Dog $2.50 Add Cole Slaw/Add Fried Onions $.50/$1.00 Jumbo Turkey Legs $12.00 Chili‐Cheese Dog/Bacon Cheese Dog $3.00 French Fries/w/chili/w/chili cheese $3.00/$3.50/$4.00 Fries $5.00 Corn Dog $3.00 G‐Man Burger‐Burger, Cheese, Bacon, Fried Egg , BBQ Sauce, Cheese Fries/Ribbon Fries/Ribbon w/ ch. $7.00‐$9.00 Bacon‐Cheese Corn Dog $4.00 Hash brown btw. Grilled cheese Texas Toals $9.00 Funnel Cake/Fried Oreos Hamburger/Cheeseburger $4.00/$5.00 Coffee, Canned Drinks $1.00 Fried Candy Bars/Fried Twinkie $7.00 Chili‐Cheeseburger/Bacon Cheeseburger $5.50 Brocks’s BBQ Lemonade/Sweet Tea $5.00 Chicken Filet Sandwich/BBQ Sandwich $5.00 Pla ers: Include Two Sides Frozen Lemonade $7.00 Fish Sandwich $4.00 Minced Pork BBQ or Chicken Tenders (4) $10.00 Sodas/Water $3.00 Pork Chop Sandwich $5.00 Half Rack of Ribs $16.00 It. Sausage w/ peppers & onions $8.00 Sides: Cole Slaw, Baked Beans, French Fries, Chips Strawberry Street Events (top of hill) Steak ‘n Cheese w/peppers. & on. $8.00 BBQ Sundae $8.00 Crab Cake Sandwich or So Shell Sand, $12.00 Chicken Tenders & Fries $8.00 A La Carte Items Fried Shrimp, Oyster or Fish Basket $12.00 Fries, Cheese, Chili, Chili‐Cheese, Bacon‐Cheese, Bacon‐Chili‐ Individual Sides $3.00 Po‐Boy’s: Shrimp, fish or oyster $10.00 Cheese, Gravy $4.00‐$5.50 Minced Pork BBQ Sandwich $5.00 Seafood Pla er: Sweet Potato Fries $4.00 Hot Dog $3.00 Fish, shrimp, oysters, cole slaw, fries $25.00 Nachos w/ cheese/BBQ & Cheese $3.00/$4.00 Chicken Tenders (4) $7.00 Cheeseburger $6.00 Fried Pickle Chips $4.00 Water/Soda, 12 oz. $1.00 Jumbo Hot Dog $4.00 Funnel Cake w/toppings choc. Straw. $6.00/$7.00 Bolt Milling Co’s Homemade Ice Cream Pulled Pork Barbecue $7.00 Popcorn/Pretzel $3.00 Homemade Ice Cream made with a vintage engine. Chicken Tender Basket w/fries $10.00 Mini—6” pies Apple/Cherry $5.00 Flavors: Chocolate, Vanilla, Bu er Pecan and Peach French Fries $5.00 Pla ers: Served with 2 sides : Meatloaf, Pork Small $4.00 Cheese Fries $7.00 Chops, Fish, BBQ, Chicken Tenders $8.00 Large $5.00 Lemonade/Sweet Tea $5.00 Sides: corn, mashed potatoes w/gravy, cole slaw, baked beans, Sodas/Water $3.00 hush puppies, mac & cheese