2018 Area Festivals

2018 Area Fall Festivals LINCOLN DAILY NEWS SEPT. 12, 2018 Page 73 took fourth place in the competition. Evan is a repeat competitor at the festival as well, and he also placed fourth in 2017. Other events held on Sunday included the Water Boil Contest and the Junior Railsplitting Contest. A number of young splitters took part in the junior event, perhaps a sign that a new generation is on the horizon to help assure that the festival will continue on for years to come. After the splitting competition, the event was for the most part finished for this year. Throughout the four locations over the weekend, visitors enjoyed taking that step back in time with the many demonstrations and competitions, and perhaps some of them took time to remember just how blessed we are today, that we have so many conveniences that our great and great-great grandparents never dreamed of.