Bruce D. Bomberger, curator at Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum, say that these two tools are corn shellers. "Shelling" is the process of removing the hard, dried kernels of field corn from their ...

Fall is just around the corner and with fall comes harvest time. This week’s historic treasure is a corn sheller, a machine designed to make the farmers work a little easier. Corn shellers came in a ...

The Carlinville Fall Festival was sponsored by the Macoupin County Historical Society, the operators of the Anderson Mansion. Macoupin County welcomed the autumn season on Saturday during the annual ...