Good Ol' Taylor Days returns September 9-10

Jason R. O'Day, The Dickinson Press, N.D.
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Aug. 24—TAYLOR, N.D. — What originally started out as a Sunday event hosted by the Seventh-day Adventist Church has evolved into a weekend long festival in Taylor, celebrating the agricultural way of life in the area — attracting audiences from across the region to this sleepy rural town.

The festivities will kick off Saturday, Sept. 9 with horse drawn harvesting on Heritage Hill starting at 10 a.m. and lasting throughout the day. Additionally there will be family arts, crafts and games, along with a flea market in the red barn.

Taylor City Councilman Ross Rebel said he loves seeing the team of horses work.

"They'll get that harvesting machine out and they'll get about five, six guys to operate it, run the horses," he said. "They used to run the threshing machine, thresh the wheat out of it and make a pile of straw. It was pretty neat to kind of see how they did it."

Ross and his brother Ryan have been running the car show for several years.

"That first year, we put on a car show and we got like 65 cars our first year. Then it's just kind of been growing ever since. We keep trying to spruce it up, put more and better things in it," Ross said.

Sunday will feature a pancake breakfast in the Opera House from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. The antique tractor display will start at 10 a.m. and the tractor parade at 11:30 a.m. There will be a comedian performing in the red barn from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

The Rebel Customs Car show registration starts at 9 a.m. on Main Street. The Registration fee is $10. Two trophies will be awarded at 3 p.m.. The Western Edge Band will begin serenading crowds at 10 a.m. There will also be vendor booths and a children's coloring contest.

"It's just good to see people getting out and about... (People) love the old cars. Everybody comes down just to see... The event's kind of family base; we try to get the kids involved," Ryan said in a previous

interview.

"You're not going to come in and spend $30, $40, $50. It's cheap entertainment and it keeps people coming to Taylor. It's kind of why we do it (with) the car show stuff and everything — we're just trying to not disappear off the map."

There will be plenty of fun and games, including a poker walk at 1 p.m..

"We just set up a bunch of games across Main Street, then there's five games and then at each station, you get a card. Whoever has the best poker hand wins," Ross said.

Ryan added that it's a fun, relaxed weekend in the town square.

"It's pretty (unique). I think some other towns have tractor pulls and stuff too, but this one's got the old tractors hooked up to the sleds, so they're kind of fun to watch. A lot of towns have car shows, but ours is pretty relaxed," Ryan said.

For more information or preregistration, call 701-974-4248. Check out their Facebook page,

Taylor HorseFest — Taylor Community Activities.