Froelich Historic Site

See where the first gasoline tractor was invented. An 1892 scale model and reference materials are on site. Also visit a restored 1886 rural schoolhouse; 1891 general store; and 1903 dairy barn. 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.