(La Porte County, IN) - An event dedicated to the history of farm machinery maker Allis Chalmers wrapped up Sunday at the La Porte County Fairgrounds. 

 

The Gathering of the Orange drew roughly three thousand people over four days, according to Paul Rymer, who was involved in bringing the event here.  He says the Gathering of the Orange attracted about twice as many people when it was here last in 2014.  Rymer believes the hot weather kept some people away.

 

“We had people coming in, calling cancelling golf carts and stuff like that that they had reserved because they just said it was too hot,” he said.

 

Rymer said there must have been 500 or more pieces of Allis Chalmers farm machinery for people to see.

 

“We had discs and combines, of course, tractors, corn pickers, grain heads and stuff like that,” he said.

 

The event at the fairgrounds was hosted by the Rumely-Allis Chalmers La Porte Heritage Center, which contains antique farm equipment manufactured for over a century by Allis Chalmers and the Rumely Company in La Porte.

 

The Gathering of the Orange is held twice a year a different locations across the country.  The next one is scheduled August 14-18 in Pickneyville, Illinois.