26th Annual
Thresheree & Harvest Festival
September 20 & 21, 2025 - 9am to 5pm
Move
the calendar back to when steam engines that powered threshing machines moved
from farm to farm to harvest the grain. Have you ever seen large logs sawed using steam power?
You will experience all of these long-ago activities, plus much, much
more (exhibits, demonstrations, blacksmithing to
name a few) at the 26th Annual Thresheree and Harvest Festival.
26th Annual
Thresheree & Harvest Festival
September 20 & 21, 2025 - 9am to 5pm
Move
the calendar back to when steam engines that powered threshing machines moved
from farm to farm to harvest the grain. Have you ever seen large logs sawed using steam power?
You will experience all of these long-ago activities, plus much, much
more (exhibits, demonstrations, blacksmithing to
name a few) at the 26th Annual Thresheree and Harvest Festival.
The
kids will enjoy some hands-on activities such as sifting flour, making a rope, pumping water and seeing old tractors in the daily parade.
Sit
down to eat a brat or burger while listening to a variety of music. Bid
high to get the treasure you want in the Silent Auction tent. And, don't forget to take a tour
of the Messer/Mayer Mill to see all the milling equipment, Mill House to see what life was like long ago and Lillicrapp Welcome Center to peak your interest in history with a new kiosk and the General Store. The
Log Cabin, Log Barn, Blacksmith Shop and Sugar Shack will have interesting
demonstrations and activities.
Can you volunteer for the Thresheree & Harvest Festival? Your Help is Greatly Needed. Please sign up by clicking Here to access the Online Volunteer Form or calling Sharon at 262-297-1546.
Saturday, September 20 & Sunday, September 21
Hours: 9am - 5pm
Admission: Adults, $6; 12 & Under, Free
Entrance & Parking: 1896 State Road 164, Richfield, WI
53076
Look for Richfield Nature/Historical Park Sign
Exhibitors Entrance: 4399 Pleasant Hill Rd. Richfield, WI 53076
*****
What to Eat
Brats, Burgers and More
Delicious Maple Cotton Candy (South End by Sugar Shack)
Ice Cream
Homemade Pies & Goodies (Sweets 'n Stuff Tent)
What to Do
|
Pioneer Homestead |
Welcome Center |
Mill House |
| Pickling | Kiosk with Homestead Photos & Genealogy (New This Year) | Make Harvest Root Vegetable Soup (Sunday) |
| Stall Cleaning | Games for Kids (Sat & Sun~Noon to 4 pm) | Learn about Cooking with Giblets & Chicken Feet (Sunday) |
| Shell Beans | Music (Sat & Sun~ 1pm-3pm) | Display of Root Veggies |
| Shred Corn Stalks | General Store | What is a Root Cellar |
| Operate a Fanning Mill | Calligraphy (Sunday) | |
| Shell Corn | Photos of Richfield Homes during the 1980s | General Exhibit Area |
| Cooking on Wood Stove & Open Fire | Steam Powered Log Sawing | |
| Old Fashioned Laundry | Mill & Engine Shed |
Shingle Making |
| Live Animals | Sift Flour & Learn About Grain | Small Engine Demos |
| Learn How a Mill Operates | Crafts | |
Threshing Area |
See Corn Ground Using a Burr Mill (Engine Shed) | Kids Zone |
| Steam Powered Threshing | Visit the Boutique | |
| Horses Plowing | South End |
Bid on a Silent Auction Item |
| Cut-Away Thresher Demo | Blacksmith Shop Demos | Listen to Music |
| Antique & Collector Tractor Displays | Learn About Making Maple Syrup | Parade (Sat & Sun at 1pm) |
| Tractor Dyno Testing | See Maple Cotton Candy Made | Devotional Service (Sunday, 9:30, Food Tent) |
| Horse Powered (Treadmill) Threshing | Food, Ice Cream & Beverage Tents | |
| Straw Baling | Homemade Goodies, Vegetables & RHS Merchandise in the Sweets 'n Stuff Tent | |
| Corn Shelling | Pie Judging/Cutting/Selling (Sweets 'n Stuff Tent: Sat & Sun at 10:30) | |
| Military Displays |
*****
Free Wagon Ride to the Exhibit Area
Questions: Call 262-297-1546 or 262-644-5857
2025 Sponsors--
$500 or More:
Dr. Don & Janis Crego;
Forte Bank; Legend Seeds; Wisconsin Steam Cleaner Sales; Wissota Sand & Gravel Co.; E.H. Wolf & Sons
$300-$100: Gehring Sales & Service; United Cooperative
Goods/Services: Digital Edge; Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly
- Richfield; Waste Management
Thank You to Everyone Who Donates to the Silent Auction
Directions for Spectator Parking - Richfield Historical/Nature Park - 1896 State Road 164, Richfield, WI 53076
Map to Richfield Historical/Nature Park
From I-41:
Exit Hwy 167 West (Holy Hill Road), Take the 2nd exit on the
167/175 roundabout. Go west 4 miles. Take the 1st exit on the 167/164 roundabout (Hwy 164 North). Right at
Richfield Nature/Historical Park sign.
From West: East
on Hwy 167 to the 167/164 roundabout. Take the 3rd exit on the
roundabout (Hwy 164 North). Turn Right at Richfield Nature/Historical
Park sign.
From North: From Hwy 60, go South on Hwy 164. Left at
Richfield Nature/Historical Park sign.
From South:
North on Hwy 164 to the 164/167 roundabout. Take the 2nd exit (Hwy 164
North.) Continue 1/2 mile north to the Richfield Nature/Historical Park
sign. Turn Right into the Park.
