The first recorded tractor pull likely was held in 1939 in Missouri on a farm. “Farmers wanted to go home with the bragging rights on who had the better tractor,” said Dennis Thomas, who has run the ...

John Wright III set out Monday to achieve hometown glory. The Middletown farm boy has been visiting The Great Frederick Fair tractor pull since he was 4; he built his own tractor in high school.

PEPPERELL — The sounds of pfft, pfft, pfft, (wait…) phew and the aroma of burning gasoline could only mean one thing: The Pepperell Crank Up was in town. Since 1975, fans of antique engines and ...