RFD Vintage Country

RFD Vintage Country August 09, 2025 09.08.2025 4:59 ↓

One-room school history project in the Rockridge School District in lower Rock Island County. Jay Bizarri, an elementary school principal in the district, is leading the project.

RFD Vintage County July 26, 2025 26.07.2025 4:58 ↓

The Joseph Glidden Homestead and DeKalb Area Agricultural Heritage Association organize the DeKalb County Barn Tour. This year's tour is Saturday, August 9. Bob Myers is interviewed for the segment. 

RFD Vintage Country July 5, 2025 05.07.2025 4:58 ↓

Author John Hanou and his book "A Round Illinois, The Round and Multi-Sided Barns in the Prairie State". 

RFD Vintage Country June 14, 2025 14.06.2025 4:58 ↓

Classic Green features over 126,000 online members. The group is all about John Deere collectors. They are hosting a Class Green Reunion this week in West Bend, Wisconsin, featuring over 1,000 exhibits.  Dan Guden and Bill Hemling were interviewed for the segment.  You can follow the group online at Classicgreen.org or search Classic Green on Facebook. 

RFD Vintage Country April 12, 2025 12.04.2025 4:59 ↓

Interview with Quad Cities author Neil Dahlstrom. His book, released in 2022, “Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture”, has resulted in a PBS documentary.  The book will be available in paperback in May. 

RFD Vintage Country March 29, 2025 29.03.2025 4:58 ↓

Karen Scott, Stark County Farm Bureau Agriculture in the Classroom Coordinator, and her 1956 Chevy. She says she tries to get it out every April 1, so it’ll be cruising the streets next week.

RFD Vintage Country March 22, 2025 22.03.2025 5:00 ↓

Brad Bickett grew up on a family farm in western Bureau County, playing basketball in the barn. He would lead his tiny Ohio High School basketball team to the IHSA state title game in 1986. On April 1, voters in the community will determine the school’s future. If they decide to close it, students will go to either Amboy or Bureau Valley High Schools. Ohio High School’s enrollment is down to 22. I...