Ralph and Pat Mangum, owners of the John Deere dealerships in Delta, Montrose and Grand Junction, hosted their 50th year of being in business on February 7th.
Several of the local farmers were asked to bring in their tractors so visitors could admire the 50 years of being green.
Terry was asked to bring in his 530

And the 730

We have others but these are representative of 50 years.)

I also had to get a picture of Pat Mangum with the John Deere Porcelain dolls Terry’s mother made for her.
Fun! My boys would have loved that – love the John Deere dolls
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Love the green. How fun to celebrate John Deere tractors. The dolls are very cute too.
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I love those old tractors, and the dolls are great, too! Thanks for posting the pics!
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That is cool! John Deere Days is coming up pretty soon here too.
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Wow, thats proof that American made is better!
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My husband used to have John Deere tractors. He would fix them up and paint them like new, then sell them. Then he wished he had them all back.
I will have to show him these pictures.
Love the dolls too. Terry’s Mother did a great job on them!
Pam
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My Uncle is a John Deere collector, he would have loved that sale:)
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That is so neat! Love that they have been in buisness for that long! Cool.
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Some very fond memory’s of the many “John Deere Day’s” attended when I was a kid. It was just as good as the new cars for that year.
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