Still Climbing the Thresher at 80: Stan Colson of Ionia keeps harvest history alive

Still Climbing the Thresher at 80: Stan Colson of Ionia keeps harvest history alive

The rhythmic hum of belts turning, the smell of fresh-cut wheat and the cloud of chaff drifting across the grounds transported visitors back to another era at the Jewell County Historical Society's 48th Annual Threshing Bee. Standing at the heart of it all was 80-year-old Stan Colson, a man whose knowledge of antique farm machinery is becoming as rare as the equipment itself. While dozens of...