Photos: Blooming Prairie celebrates 150th
Published 8:51 am Wednesday, July 5, 2017
- A cake to commemorate Blooming Prairie’s sesquicentennial celebration. Photos by Michael Stoll
Blooming Prairie celebrated its 150th anniversary during its Old Fashioned Fourth of July this year.
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Visitors admire cars on display during the Blooming Prairie’s Old Fashioned Fourth of July Car Show.
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Jeff Kruger or Northfield, Vermont, and his son, Emmett, observe a tractor during Blooming Prairie’s Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration.
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Hungry patrons line-up for food at Blooming Prairie’s Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration.
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Competitors prepare to toss bean bags in the bean bag tournament.
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Tony Foster of Ellendale, Minnesota, gets his tractor ready for the tractor pull competition during Blooming Prairie’s Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration.