BRASS-NICKEL
TOURING REGION

Calendar of Events

The Brass-Nickel Tour Region meets about 6-8 weeks during the touring season, which is usually from April-November. For more information about any of the activities planned, please contact Judy at the Region mailbox -

brassnickel@gmail.com
 

April 19, 2008
Patterson's Mill

Tour Chair: Barker and Judy Edwards

Agenda: Our first tour of 2008 takes us to a favorite spot of the Brass-Nickel Touring Region - Patterson's Mill Country Store in Chapel Hill NC.

Patterson's Mill Country Store, patterned after the original store of the 1870s, is located on the historic Leigh farm and now houses one of the finest collections of mercantile Americana in the country, including nationally recognized pharmaceutical & commercial tobacco memorabilia collections. The store includes a furnished early twentieth century doctor's office. Also has antiques, collectibles and North Carolina crafts and gifts for sale.

We will start the day touring the back roads of Wake and Durham County. We will enjoy a picnic lunch at Patterson's Mill.

Tour Chair: Barker and Judy Edwards

Agenda: Our 2nd tour of the year will start in Weldon NC and take us back to to Murfreesboro NC and the Brady Jefcoat Museum of Americana. The Brass-Nickel 1st visited the Jefcoat Museum in October 2000 and again last year. 

RCA's Nipper on display at the Brady Jefcoat Museum

The cars will be displayed in front of the Museum most of the all day. After enjoying the BBQ dinner at Pork Fest 2008 (a BBQ cooking competition) we will return to Weldon following the NC Civil War Trails and also enjoying many of the state's historic highway markers. 

Click on the camera to see tour photos form 2007!

June 21, 2008
Apex NC

Tour Chair: Fred and Sue Harley

Agenda: For our June tour, we will visit the private car collection of a local resident. We will also visit his late father's collection of brass cars.

August 9, 2008
Bedford Virginia

Tour Chair: Riley and Sandra Reiner

Agenda: For the dog days of summer, we head to the mountains and Bedford Virginia. We will stay at the beautiful Peaks of Otter Lodge, which is nestled between two of the three mountains that make up the Peaks of Otter.

One of the highlights of this tour will be a visit to the National D-Day Memorial. Bedford Virginia was chosen for this honor because proportionally this community suffered the nation's severest D-Day losses.

September 20, 2008
Wilmington NC

Tour Chair: Marvin and Jeannette Gage

Agenda: details for this tour will be posted later in the year.

November 1, 2008
Carthage NC

Tour Chair: Barker and Judy Edwards

Agenda: Our last tour of 2008 takes us to Moore County NC and the small town of Carthage where we will enjoy the hospitality of Ken and  Patti Eder and the 3rd Annual Train and Tractor Show.

The show will be featuring steam engines, gas tractors, hit & miss engines, antique cars and trucks, model engines and model trains. There will also be many activities at the show including a steam operated sawmill, a clapboard mill, thrashing, Z3 peerless pulling a 20 bottom plow, a Rumbly pulling a 12 bottom plow, Stanly Steamer car rides and a old time steam tractor pull. There will be Gospel Music, Food and Lots of Fun!