Home (What´s New?)   Search this site   About this site   About R & T   Overview   History   Membership   The Whistle   Photo Albums   Reg. Events   Special   Articles   Visitors Info   2008 Schedule     Tractor Pulls   Regulations   Register form   Exhibitor Info   Gift Shop   Organization   Officers&Dir's   Committees   Volunteer Corner   What is it?   Contacting Us     October 2, 2000		Overview of Rough and Tumble   Rough and Tumble didn't start out as a dusty collection of memorabilia. It began as an event. Steam threshermen and farm families originally got together after the crops were harvested to have a reunion and picnic. Games were held and prizes awarded. These festivities attracted manufacturers and salesmen who showed off their new models of labor saving devices. Farm equipment dealers, farmers and threshermen organized "The Pennsylvania Threshermen and Farmers' Protective Association" to keep the needs of those who used steam farm equipment before the Pennsylvania Legislature.   As the days of the steam-powered traction engine came to a close, the Lancaster and Lebanon County Threshermen's Association chapters decided to spend their remaining treasuries on an old fashioned "Threshermen's Reunion". This reunion was held in 1948 on the grounds of farm equipment dealer, Arthur S. Young, just across Route 30 from Rough and Tumble's present location. Those at the first reunion had such a good time they decided to make it an annual event and eventually formed ROUGH AND TUMBLE ENGINEERS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION to perpetuate their annual "Threshermen's Reunion." For a more in-depth look at the organization's first 40 years, click here.
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