Harvest Tales

Northeast Kansas

Atchison County

Harvest stories submitted by Kansans for the online exhibit, Wheat People.
Submit your own at KansasMuseum@kshs.org.

Ula Armstrong

Photos of Harvesting and Threshing in Atchison County

Left: Men taking a rest on a binder.
Right: An early, tractor-pulled combine cutting wheat.

Both photos: Threshing outfits, Atchison County.

"Harvest Tales" is part of the online exhibit, Wheat People:  Celebrating Kansas Harvest.

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