CHARLESTON — For Jerry Thomas, owning JI Case tractors is a family tradition. Thomas has four Case tractors at the East Central Illinois Antique Farm Equipment Club Show at the Coles County ...

Larry Jacobson doesn't have many polished antique tractors on his farm. But he has an incredible collection of more than 100 Case tractors from the last century that have stood the test of time.

In 1869, Case went on to manufacture the first steam engine tractor. Although wheel-mounted, it was drawn by horses and used only to power other machines. Then in 1876, Case built the first self ...

The Case 150-horsepower steam tractor was the largest tractor in its day at 14 feet tall, 15 feet wide and 28 feet long. None of the original 150 models survived, ...

The J.I. Case Company dealership, seen here at the top of this 1941 photo, was built in 1909, and the business stayed in the building until 1967. The two-story building housed Import Market from ...

When Case was featured at the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion in Rolllag in 1992, his passion for picking up old Case tractors took over. “It’s kind of mushroomed since then,” he said.