Tractor museum in Avoca honored in Congress
November 13th, 2015 by Ric Hanson
The owner of a tractor museum in Avoca received a surprise in the mail, recently. According to the Daily NonPareil, Jerry Mez, who owns the Farmall-Land U.S.A. Museum with his wife, Joyce, received word from Rep. David Young congratulating the business on 10 years in Avoca. Additionally, the Republican – who represents Iowa’s third district, which includes Pottawattamie County – commended the Mez family on the Congressional floor. He received the letter and Congressional record notice, which he now proudly displays at the museum located just off Interstate 80.
Mez is an International Harvester tractor man, collecting the implement for 40 years. The couple opened the museum a decade ago and today it boasts about 225 tractors, along with a plethora of memorabilia. A Young staffer had read about the museum and passed it on to his boss. The representative honored the museum in Congress on July 21st.
Jerry Mez thought that’d be the end of it. But he heard about an International Harvester auction in Frederick, Maryland, located about 45 miles outside Washington D.C. He and his wife made the trip east and set up a meeting with Young.
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