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John Deere Historic Site reviews
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I was very happy with my visit. You don't need more than an hour for it. There is a presentation by a blacksmith included. Very cool. And there is another main building where you would get a film... more »
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It says on here that it is open, but it’s not. We went and it was closed so I called and the answering service said it opens March 1st. I gave it 5 stars because I was able to take pictures from the..... more »
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I admit I was a bit skeptical when my husband said we were stopping here, but I was so pleasantly surprised! We went by the Blacksmith demonstration which was fascinating and then we got a tour of the original Deere house. It was a great little trip back in history with lots of gorgeous landscape. Sophia was a lovely tour guide, so ask for her! And the root beer from the gift shop was tasty.
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It was amazing. Our tour guide Dan was wonderful in givi us the history on John Deere the man. The Blacksmith Rex was fabulous. He was wonderful in explaining how John Deere started out in that blacksmith shop he built. It's a must to see
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