Photos: Blooming Prairie celebrates 150th

Blooming Prairie celebrated its 150th anniversary during its Old Fashioned Fourth of July this year.

Visitors admire cars on display during the Blooming Prairie’s Old Fashioned Fourth of July Car Show.

 

Jeff Kruger or Northfield, Vermont, and his son, Emmett, observe a tractor during Blooming Prairie’s Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration.

 

Hungry patrons line-up for food at Blooming Prairie’s Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration.

 

Competitors prepare to toss bean bags in the bean bag tournament.

 

Tony Foster of Ellendale, Minnesota, gets his tractor ready for the tractor pull competition during Blooming Prairie’s Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration.

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