Steaming Through

The Green Mountains

2008 East Coast Invitational

Car Tour

June 15-20 2008

Bennington, Vt

Come tour with us in scenic Vermont. Hosted by the Kirkpatrick family, this tour is going to be one you don’t want to miss. Centered in historic Bennington, daily tours of 30 to 120 miles will travel to the following attractions:

-Park-McCullough Mansion – Clark Art Institute – Robert Frost Stone House Museum – Hildene (magnificent summer home of Robert Todd Lincoln)

- The Bennington Museum – Hemmings Motor News Headquarters.

-  North River Winery – Historic Cambridge, NY – Bennington Battle Monument.

- The 5 Covered Bridges of Bennington County

Tour Headquarters: The Vermont Paradise Inn, 141 West Main Street, Bennington, VT 05201, Phone: (802) 44208351, www.vermontparadiseinn.com (Mention 2008 Steam Car Tour to get special event rates)

For more information contact: Sam Kirkpatrick, 802-522-0205 (cell), Email: Sak304@lehigh.edu or Bowden Kirkpatrick, 153 Imperial Ave., Bennington VT 05201, 802-447-3040 (Home), Email: Bo.kirkpatrick@verizon.net

Gateway II The Ozarks

Steam Car Tour

August 3-8, 2008

Eureka (St Louis County), Missouri

Travel over some of the “best touring roads” in the Midwest, including rolling hills, covered bridges, and historic towns on the Mississippi  and Missouri Rivers. Hosted by jack and Ann Doerr; Email: jhdoerr@juno.com.

2008 Golden Hills of California

Steam Car Tour

2008 National Steam Car Tour

June1-6, 2008

Sacramento and Place Counties, California

Tour Headquarters: Lion’s Gate Inn in McClellan, California; Contact Aziz Brown, 916-643-6222.

The tour schedule will include a Firing up Banquet at Lions Gate Restaurant on May 31; tours to historic Folsom and Folsom zoo; Auburn: Towe Auto Museum and Old Sacramento, Historic Paryan and Quarry Museum; Rio Linda; and a Blow Down Banquet at Lions Gate Restaurant on June 6. Tour is open to roadworthy and currently insured vehicles. Join us for a wonderful week of touring on California’s back roads with steam power.

Hosts: Joel, Christopher and Jennifer Roberts.

Estes Park Heritage Festival August 23^th and 24^st, 2008

This lively community event celebrates the  days of yore. Bond park fills with exhibits and entertainment including music, food, vintage autos, wagon rides and many other festivities. Especially lively is the Old Fashioned Street Dance on Saturday Night. Swap stories with Mountain Men as you stroll among the historical booths and admire the vintage costumes and fantastic antique farm machinery from Mac Gregor Ranch. Come joint the Estes Park Steam Team headed by Frank Hix and Byron Hall as they treat onlookers to a taste of steam. Tour the Rocky Mountain National Park and enjoy the camaraderie of fellow steam enthusiasts.           

 STANLEY MUSEUM

STEAM CAR SEMINAR & CONSIGNMENT AUCTION

August 19-23, 2008

Kingfield and Farmington, Maine

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