Threshing Bee back at Palouse Empire Fairgrounds

COLFAX - The fair is just around the corner and another year of the annual Palouse Empire Threshing Bee is in the books, leaving a harvested field for trailers to park during fair festivities.

Horses and teamsters gathered to bring history to the fairgrounds, Sunday, Sept. 1, as a crowd of people gathered around to watch.

Palouse Threshing Bee Association Secretary Jessica Erickson said despite the heat, the morning harvest went well, with all their equipment working.

"We got rained out last year," she said, noting it was the first year they experienced rain.

Erickson said the crowd was a litt...