Thomas/Mashburn Memorial Steam Engine Parade

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November/December 2001
Kiwp Blackburn 
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This year's 'Thomas/Mashburn Memorial Steam Engine Parade' was the largest ever with 17 steam engines in the parade. With all of the other participants, this year's parade lasted approximately 2-1/2 hours, with an estimated crowd of about 20,000 people. The Thomas legacy was very apparent with Glen's great grandson, Richard Webb, operating the engine that started it all back in 1958. His other great-grandson, Ralph Webb, operated his very own Peerless. His great-great-grandson operated a Case steam engine, along with another great-great-grandson operating a 1/8 scale steam engine. The Roscoe Thomas family, another cousin to Glen, had four steam engines in the parade. The Doodler Thomas family, another cousin to Glen, had two steam engines in the parade, one of which was new, this year. Dr. Jim's Peerless is still in the parade. The Lang family had their Case engine in it pulling a calliope. The Gravitt family brought their Case portable. This year there were five new engines. Along with our engine and the new Thomas engine, was the Castleberrys' Russell engine. The Willinghams' Port Huron, and the Bagwells' portable Peerless engine. And, I know of about five or six engines that could not make our parade this year for one reason or another. Many folks do not know about the engines in Cumming, Ga. We are very proud of our engines and the parade that is put on every year. After Glen passed away in 1969 the threshing and the other things sort of dwindled out. So, this year we are going to have our first annual Steam and Gas Engine Show, sponsored by the City of Cumming Country Fair and Festival, on Nov. 9-11, 2001 to bring all those things back to our home town. We would love for our show to become the greatest show in the Southeast, if not the country some day. But we need the support of everyone that can come. If anyone needs any information, please call 770-781-3491. I am including some pictures of our parade to show everyone what we have in Cumming, Ga. I hope to see you at our show or parade. If not this year, then maybe next year.

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Contact steam engine enthusiast Kiwp Blackburn at 5914 Dahonega Hwy., Cumming, GA 30040, or email at: kiwp_chrissy@hotmail.com

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