Watch the old time STEAM POWERED tractor pulley-driven sawmill...cutting logs with a 6 foot circular saw blade...you can really smell the coal smoke! Be sure to stand nearby at 12 noon when the lunch whistle blows...a sure treat. For lunch make sure you try the selection of home-made foods...and pies and Jacktown ice cream. There is nothing like it. Rest awhile and listen to live country-western music in the grove. Wander past displays of operating gas-powered machines, corn huskers and water pumps...steam powered too!!! FREE admission and parking. Come early and stay late. Our family has been going to this meet for years. And don't forget to ride the Jacktown Railroad through the fields and trees. Located easily off I-78, first exit in Easton, PA onto Rt. 611 north about 7 miles then turn right onto Richmond Road, another few miles and you are there. Lots of interesting 'guy-stuff' in the swap meet...tools, old machinery, you-name-it. For the family...there are local crafters and home-made relish and jams. A WINTER SHOW with 'homemade' Hobo Stew is held each January and is really great fun! Check for date... www.jacktown.com or call 610.588-6334 for info. Blue Mountain Antique Gas & Steam Engine Association, INC. This past October, 2011 Show...it was great. Interestingly...a unique amount of used toy trains - HO-O-N-G and tinplate were available in the flea market area. |