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Florida Flywheelers Club Grounds Tour

Hi, I'm Rusty's mom. Looks like this website is getting to be as big as our club grounds. We bought 160 acres of land near Ft. Meade back in 1997 so that we would have a permanent place to host our three annual shows. Now those shows have attracted so many people that we purchased an additional 80 acres for parking and more camping for RV's, and rent room from our neighbor as well.

This website started out small too. We just had a couple pages showing our school as it was being built and some shots of the village buildings. Now we have a complete parade, a tour of the fleamarket in the back 40, some tractor pull photos, crafts demonstrations and lots more coming. In fact, there are so many pages that I figured you might get lost out there and wander off. So, just pick your area that you want to explore. You can always come back here. Just click on the compass.

For a bird's eye view of our park, click here to see the Florida Flywheelers Map.

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Park Entrance: This icon takes you to the entrance to our park. We have several large flywheel machines on display. (2 pages)

Village Tour: We have 20 acres with 52 buildings and it is growing fast! (6 pages)

One Room School House: This series of photos shows the building being constructed from the foundation to the roof. We finished her in 2004, but she still needs maintenance! (24 pages)

Parade: During shows, we have two parades daily that are likely to have anything that moves in it. Each show season has a featured tractor or engine company. (8 pages)

Crafts: Many of the Lady Flywheelers (and some of the men too) practice old style crafts. During shows we have live demonstrations and some are for sale through the Women's Craft Building and throughout the Village. (3 pages)

Flea Market: Out in the "Back 40" we have a swap meet and flea market that is full of display tractors, engines and whatzits, some of which are for sale. Just make 'em an offer they can't refuse. (6 pages)

Show Shenanigans: Each of our shows is bigger and better than the last one. We have entertainers, gospel singers, the Flying Deere, stories and tall tales around the campfire, camping and cooking or eating at Dinner Bell Row or in the Ulrich Building. Here is a small taste of what takes place during a show. (6 pages)

Dusty Books: This is a special feature I have added to Rustosis.com - books. Most of these antiques are getting hard to find anyone who knows anything about how it was supposed to work, or what it looked like when it was new. If you want, you can buy books from Amazon.com like I do. Thanks! We do appreciate your patronage - it helps us keep this site open. (5 pages)