ARIZONA STATE PARKS: For Immediate Release
Managing and conserving Arizona’s natural, cultural and recreational resources for the benefit of the people, both in our Parks and through our Partners. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Bilbrey at (602) 542-1996 or (602) 228-8518, or Monica Enriquez at (602) 542-6997. Contact by Email: pio(at)azstateparks.gov
(Phoenix, AZ - June 12, 2009) - Power from the Past Association will display antique tractors and engines at Kartchner Caverns State Park on July 3-6, 2009.
There will be running engines powering machinery, a static display of tractors, and ice cream made with an old engine and a five-gallon tub. The ice cream will be available to the public for a donation to benefit Power from the Past.
While at the event, take a Rotunda/Throne Room tour at Kartchner Caverns for the reduced summer price. When you book your tour for any day between June 1 and September 4, 2009, adult cave tour tickets will be $12 while tickets for youths aged 7-13 will be sold for $5 (children aged 6 and younger are always free). Ticket buyers will save $6.95 and $4.95 respectively per ticket.
In addition to the 75-minute cave tours, there are opportunities for hiking, picnicking, camping, and in the Discovery Center, there is a movie about the cave explorers, the ecosystem and the geology within the cave.
Make your reservation for a tour by calling (520) 586-2283. The $5 entrance fee is waived with that tour reservation for a vehicle with up to two adults, however there is a $2 per adult charge for each additional adult passenger. The ticket office is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day of the week.
Power from the Past, an antique engine and tractor association, exists to preserve and maintain early examples of machinery, their related components and tools which were designed as labor-saving devices for agricultural, commercial, and domestic service. It serves as a source of information for the benefit of the members and the general public. Power from the Past collects, restores, exhibits, and conducts research on early day engines, tractors, and equipment.
Kartchner Caverns State Park is located on Highway 90, nine miles South of I-10 near Benson, Arizona. The State Park is open daily at 7 a.m. and closes at 6 p.m. and the Cave Discovery Center hours are 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For information about Arizona State Parks call (602) 542-4174 (outside of the Phoenix metro area call toll-free (800) 285-3703) or visit the website at AZStateParks.com.
Photo courtesy Arizona's Power From the Past Association 
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