Old Iron in Star Valley

Category: Personal

  • John Deere Model A Part Two

    After doing some research and finding out the the first tractor we had on our farm was a 1949 John Deere Model A, I decided to keep an eye online and see if I could find one.  At first I wanted to see if I could track down the original machine, but after realizing that was not going to be possible I decided to look for someone selling one of the same year.  I found this tractor, which is a pretty machine so I’m happy with it.  I know it’s not our original, but it gives me a sense of what my grandfather would have seen.  I can only imagine how it would have felt going from farming with horses to using this tractor!

     

  • John Deere Model A

    I love old tractors, and I especially love old John Deere tractors that we used on our farm.  I was looking at some old photos that my great-aunt Nola took, which contain a John Deere Model A.  I would love to find out about what year this tractor is.  I think it’d be fun to find one and restore one, especially where my grandfather spent so much time on it.  Ideally the exact tractor would be nice, but that’s not going to happen.  So I thought I’d post the photo, and if anyone can figure out what year it is I’d sure appreciate it!  My guess is between a 1939-1941.  Click on the image for a larger version.

     

     

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  • Tincup Bridge Flooding

    This year we had some amazing snow.  It was exceptionally deep too.  Now, we’re into some pretty heavy flooding.  This is a video I took of the South Fork of Tincup bridge yesterday, along with some photos I shot along State Line Road.

     

    Tincup Flooding

     

  • Entertainment for the evening

    We’ve been needing to clean up his eye sore for a very long time, and tonight it finally happened–the old trailer house was burned down.  The Thayne Fire Department came and used it as a training exercise.  It was fun watching and drew a lot of attention as people watched it burn.

  • Childs Art

  • Let it snow?

  • Rexburg Temple

    Tonight I came to rexburg to see my sister and pick up Ksenia. I couldn’t help but go up and see the Rexburg Idaho Temple!

  • Wow it’s been a while!

    Sorry for the extremely long delay in posting. I guess time kind of just slipped by… More to cone soon though!

    This is a quick photo I took with my phone this evening on my grandparents front yard.

  • Branding

    Last Friday my dad was branding some of his remaining cattle.   Although a few of the photos here look a little bloody, it doesn’t hurt the cows any–it’s about like us getting our nails trimmed.

  • Spring Flowers

    My Grandmothers have always spent much time working on their flower beds and gardens. Spring is always such a beautiful time of year, and as such I thought I’d pay a little tribute to my grandmother.