Froelich Foundation Board of Directors 2020

The Froelich Foundation for the Preservation of Farm Tractor History, Inc was founded in September 1986. The first five founding members are Roger Swanson, Gene and JoAnn Kramer, Keith and Marlyce Kling. This is a non-profit 501c3 corporation. Mission statement: Preserving & Sharing Farm Tractor History is our gift to future generations to come. This foundation is managed by the Froelich Foundation Board of Directors.
President: Tim Donlon
Vice-President: Al Troester
Secretary: Robert Meyer
Treasurer: Jeff Meyer
Duaine Davis
John Eberhardt
Brady Henkes
Kirk Kruse
Laurie Troester
Thank you to our wonderful board of directors who make time in their busy lives to serve this fine historical site's preservation of farm tractor history and our 1890s Village Museum Site birthplace of John Froelich's invention of the first gasoline powered tractor able to propel itself backward & forward in 1892. We strive to preserve this fine one-of-a-kind history for many generations to come!

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The Froelich Foundation, a nonprofit organization established in 1986, has set a goal of preserving the heritage of the Froelich, Iowa, village. It was once a thriving community that boasted of a depot, sawmill, blacksmith shop, a creamery, a post office (still in the general store), a hatchery, stockyards, ice house, barber shop, shipping warehouse and church.

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