This was the exhaust of the 1930s-era cotton gin housed in the barn that packs the power of 85 horses into an engine the size of a master bedroom closet. Alex Meserole, who masters the Rusty Wheels website, said.  When the big engine was switched off, you could still hear another engine working away with quieter poofs in the back.

"We've got a 10 horse International in the back room back here that's still running. It's hooked to a line drive in the back, which is also running a small air compressor and a grist mill," Meserole said.

A walk toward the southwest revealed a tandem of early automobiles. The Chevy and the Ford  Model T were both one-time rivals, but now, over 100 years of their manufacture, they look like friendly companions under the Fair Park Pine Trees.

The Rusty Wheels display will be growing by the hour as more and more engine owners arrive from all over the region with their early gas, diesel and steam drinkers. There's also a raffle you can register for to possibly win a beautiful picnic table.  Come on out and see what power in the past looked, sounded and smelled like.