Rural Heritage October/November 2025

Calendar of Events Oct. 3

Oct. 13-14 Kalona Horse Sales, Kalona, IA: phone: (319) 656-2222, email: americansuffolkhorse@ gmail.com, web: www.kalonasalesbarn.com Oct. 23-25 Haste Three-Day Barbecue & Wagon Train, Liberty, KY: phone: (606) 303-5669, email: hastedrafthorvsesandmules@yahoo.com, web: www.drafthorsesandmulesforsale.com Oct. 24-25 Yoder Bros. Fall Horse and Carriage Auction, Midland, MI; Information, phone: (989) 386 9082, web: www.gotoauction.com/2109, email: ybaclare@yahoo.com Oct. 25 USA Plowing Contest, Olympia, KY: phone: (606) 768-3330, web: www.facebook.com/ mikeandjoycedowns Dec. 6 Lawrence Old Fashioned Christmas Parade, Lawrence, KS: Marty Kennedy, phone: (785) 856-4437, email: lawrencechristmasparade@gmail.com, web: www.lawrencechristmasparade.org Aug 28-29, 2026 2nd Annual Middlebrook Horse Drawn Heritage Days, Middlebrook, VA: Come out for a chuckwagon dinner (preordered tickets), farm team/single horse exhibition, demonstrations, horse drawn vehicle/farm implement display, free chuckwagon cobbler and ice cream, historical talks, and more! Adam Hanger, phone: (540) 490-2565, email: adamdhanger@gmail.com, web: www. facebook.com/61578765882000

New York State Draft Horse Club Sale, Cortland, NY: Information, phone: (970) 381-4431, web: www.joshwhiteauctions.com, email: diawhite@yahoo.com Oct. 3-4 Colorado Draft Horse and Equipment Auction, Brighton, CO: Information, phone: (607) 793 4865, web: www.ny-state-draft-horse-club.org, email: information@ne-state-draft-horse-club. org Oct. 3-5 Draft Animal Power Field Day, Loudon, NH: Information, phone: (518) 290-0056, web: www.draftanimalpower.org, email: dapnetinfo@gmail.com Oct. 3-5 Grooms Draft Hose, Mule and Pony Field Day at Glendale Park, Peebles, OH: Heather Drummond, tractor information, phone: (937) 901-5510; horses: Ryan Shoemaker (937)- 798-3733; website: https://www.facebook. com/share/1P1Jajynmp/ Oct. 5-11 Doc Hammill Driving, Working, and Training Horses in Harness, Saint Ignatius, MT: Doc Hammill, phone: (406) 250-8252, email: workshops@dochammill.com, web: https:// www.DocHammill.com Oct. 10-12 North American Suffolk Horse Association Gathering, Hartford, WI: Zelda Gagliardi, phone: (386) 965-2758, email: americansuffolkhorse@gmail.com, web: https://www.suffolkpunch.com

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