The Fawick Flyer at The Old Courthouse Museum

The Fawick Flyer at The Old Courthouse Museum

The Old Courthouse Museum at Siouxland Heritage Museum is not a car museum. The building is actually the first Minnehaha County Courthouse built in 1889. By its completion in 1893, it became the largest courthouse between Chicago and Denver.

The building has three floors you can explore for free and offers all you would expect from a courthouse built in the late 1800s.

However, it’s what you would not expect to see in an old courthouse that makes it worthy of mentioning in the Automotive Museum Guide.

Located on the main floor of the courthouse near the stairs you find a 1908 Fawick Flyer. This car was built by 19-year-old Thomas Fawick. It was Thomas’ first 4-cylinder model capable of transporting 5 passengers with a top speed of 60 mph. Keep in mind the speed limit of the day was 7 mph and 4 mph around corners.

The car was originally called the Silent Sioux but was later renamed the Fawick Flyer.  It was estimated Thomas drove this car over 125,000 miles before it went on exhibit in his museum in Cleveland, Ohio.

In 1955 the car was restored to its current “like new” condition by Thomas Fawick and donated to the Siouxland Heritage Museums in 1987.

If you find yourself in the area visiting the Old Courthouse Museum will be worth if anything, just to see this amazing piece of automotive history.

200 W 6th St
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
P: 
605-367-4210
Email: museum@minnehahacounty.org

Old Courthouse Museum Admission:

Free
Plan: 1hr

Old Courthouse Museum Hours:

Monday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday 8:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

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The Los Angeles County Fire Museum is a State of California non-profit organization. One of the museum’s first donated pieces was the famous Squad 51 from the hit television show “Emergency!” Come & see antique fire engines – artifacts dating to the 1860s.

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The Larsen Tractor Museum is a historical facility located on the East Campus of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. The museum was established in 1980 and is dedicated to preserving and documenting the history of Nebraska’s tractor test law (dating from 1919) which began as a law to protect others from irresponsible tractor companies failing to keep the best interest of the farmer in mind. Today it remains the only tractor testing museum in the world. It is also still the only complete tractor test laboratory in the world.

The Nebraska tractor testing law had its roots in 1919 when Wilmot Crozier, a farmer, and legislator from Osceola in Polk County, bought a Ford 8-16 tractor. Not made by Henry Ford Co., the Ford 8-16 didn’t live up to its advertised claims. The advertisements claimed it could pull three plows at once. Mr. Crozier could only get it to pull one. He took it back to the dealership and demanded they take it back, but they told him, “You own it, you keep it”.

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At the same time, the legislature established a facility for tractor testing on the east campus of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln to ensure those tractor manufacturers met their advertised claims of the tractor’s performance. The Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory is known around the world as the first test lab in the world. And it is the leader in tractor testing and is still the only one of its kind in the world.

The Lester F. Larsen Tractor Test and Power Museum are housed in the original Nebraska Tractor Test facility on the East Campus of the University of Nebraska Lincoln. It is located at 35th and Fair Streets. A newer section was built in 1948. The building was declared a historical landmark by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers in 1980 and dedicated as a museum in 1998.

Friends of the Museum were instrumental in early renovation efforts and continue to raise funds for the museum. The museum is now part of the University of Nebraska State Museum system. The Waterloo Boy tractor was the first to successfully complete the testing process in 1920. Only because of the harsh winter of 1919, they didn’t get the testing finished in time

N 35th St & Fair St
Lincoln, NE 68583
P: 
402-472-8389

Larsen Tractor Museum Admission:

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Plan: 1hr

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Smithson International Truck Museum boasts the most complete collection of International ½ ton trucks in the world. With the growing collection of vintage tractors and farming equipment, the museum acknowledges the contribution of International Harvester to its community.

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Paskapoo Historical Park & Smithson International Truck Museum Hours:

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International Scout, Truck & Tractor Museum

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When you visit the International Scout, Truck & Tractor Museum you’ll be walking into 47,000 square feet of International Harvester paradise.  The museum has on display the original official copy of the Scout US Patent that was given to Ted Ornas and IH in 1961.

Other museum display highlights include the original IH Scout plant sign, the US flag display that was flown in the US capital in honor of the Scouts’ 50-year anniversary, and an Original Baja Race Scout, 1929 six-speed special, 1947 KB 2 Pickup, 1950 Farmall and many more.

Plus, there is a 10,000+ square foot warehouse full of used parts. They also sell and service International Harvesters.

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937-525-0000
Email: suprscout@aol.com

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