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To: ProtectOurFreedom
I forgot to brag...my great great uncle sold the first gasoline tractor in Alberta in 1907. Click the image to go to a larger version you can read.

The tractor was demonstrated on May 16, 1907 on James Bower's Sunnybrook Farm south of Red Deer, Alberta. The sales contract said Mr. Bower could test the tractor for two days and he could return it at his expense to Calgary if he did not buy it. He purchased it. Today, the Sunnybrook Farm is a farm museum. The museum is located at 879 Botterill Crescent, Red Deer, AB, T4R 0T9 -- "Botterill" was my grandma's maiden name and my great great uncle's surname.

Here's a photo of the tractor being tested on the farm. The big guy in the middle is my great great uncle.


6 posted on 03/21/2024 1:33:43 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The Reynolds museum in Wetaskiwin is a really interesting place as well. I spent a day there many years ago.


7 posted on 03/21/2024 10:02:19 PM PDT by FrozenAssets (You don't have to be crazy to live here, but it helps)
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