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Wheels Across the Prairie Heritage Center

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In 1977, a small group of citizens embarked on the long and often frustrating task of erecting a memorial to Tracy pioneers. The purpose was to collect wheels from all facets of their lives — agricultural, railroad and automotive...plus all the little wheels, which helped this country grow and prosper. The Wheels Across the Prairie Museum opened its doors on June 1, 1985, to share the

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Wheels Across the Prairie Heritage Center story with visitors. The museum boasts the Amiret Post Offi ce and a Car Barn with antique tractors and vintage automobiles. View the power of nature and the horror of the 1968 tornado in pictures. Stop and examine the machinery used by farmers in the early 1900’s. The village, which has recently been repositioned on the

Business & Personal Accounting Expertise grounds and is under construction, includes the Murray County School House (District 91), an 1897 train depot from Volga, SD, the Sundquist summer kitchen, the Springdale-Imker blacksmith shop, St. Mark’s Church and the recently added section foreman’s house . The signature attraction is a four-unit freight train. The engine is a 1915 American locomotive used in the yard of the St. Paul railroad system. The engine and the coal car were sold to a private owner in Rochester, MN needs at tax season and all and later sold again to the museum site. An immigrant box car from the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad

For details about our services and rates, please call or visit complements the engine, as does a caboose, which is the rolling workstation. us online today. The museum is open Wednesday through Sunday 1-5 p.m.

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