You have reached your limit of 5 free stories. A story preview is shown instead.
To view more stories
(If your subscription is current,
click here to Login or Register.)
World's Biggest Farm Cap Collection Needs A New Home
After 44 years of collecting caps and two Guinness Book of World records, Buckey Legried became famous for his 100,000-plus cap collection (featured several times in FARM SHOW). The Frost, Minn., collector died Sept. 29 from complications after a 2 1/2-year battle with cancer. But his memory and dream lives on through
..........
You must sign in, subscribe or renew to see the page.
You must sign in, subscribe or renew to see the flip-book
World s Biggest Farm Cap Collection Needs A New Home AG WORLD After 44 years of collecting caps and two Guinness Book of World records Buckey Legried became famous for his 100 000-plus cap collection featured several times in FARM SHOW The Frost Minn collector died Sept 29 from complications after a 2 1/2-year battle with cancer But his memory and dream lives on through his son Scott Buckey’s farming partner and caregiver “His next goal was getting his collection into a museum We talked about different ideas ” Scott Legried says “I’m going to continue on and try to honor his wishes ” It’s not a simple task Buckey did the math and figured what it would take to display his huge collection “My dad always said it would take a 10-ft high wall of 4-in shelves half a mile long to display them all ” Legried says Right now the hats are at the farm Legried shared with his dad About 1 000 of them are on garage walls Another 500 to 600 caps mostly Deere including dealership caps from every state line the basement walls The rest are in three semi-trailer vans in specially-made boxes Legried continues to add caps to the collection which has been well-documented by his father All have some kind of patch or logo many of them ag-related One of Buckey’s favorites is full of “bling” It was handmade in Africa with a colorful beaded bird The caps remind Legried of good times with his father and how Buckey used to share them with people in nursing homes He played his concertina and linked Ole and Lena jokes in a long story while changing one silly cap after another Legried says he would like to have the collection in a museum nearby but realizes that it needs to be close to a high traffic area to draw visitors He plans on following up on leads and is open to offers to set up a lease option with anyone interested in displaying them Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Scott Legried 45394 20th St Frost Minn 56033 ph 507 878-3315; slegried@bevcomm net
To read the rest of this story, download this issue below or click
here to register with your account number.
