Great Oregon Steam-Up puts focus on vintage firefighting

In the 1950s, a group of local farmers felt nostalgic.
Before World War II, they tended the land with wheat thrashers and steam engines, but as technology improved, their tools fell out of use and things started to change.Channeling their nostalgia into action, farmers pulled their old equipment out and invited the public in.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Salem Reporter