Portersville is full steam ahead
The Summer Steam Show in Portersville ran from Thursday to Sunday at the Portersville Show Grounds. Along with a plethora of antique vehicles, oil field equipment, saw sharpening and a train show, the event featured a flea market, threshing and bailing, transfer sled pulls in different weight classes, square dancing, pedal tractor pulls for ages 3 to 12, a “King of the Mountain” weigh-in, a church service, garden tractor pulls, a Chinese auction, and plenty of food — including Amish doughnuts, popcorn, sandwiches and more.
Allan Stull, of Leechburg, starts up a mid-1940s John Deere Model D tractor at the Summer Steam Show on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, at the Portersville Show Grounds. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
From left, Dan Campbell, Adam Bergbigler and Rhett Campbell, 4, all of Butler, drive around on a 1947 John Deere Model B tractor on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, at the Summer Steam Show. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
On Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, at the Portersville Steam Show, David Yochim, of Albion, sits inside an Avery, a tractor famous for its undermounted engine that resembled a railroad engine. This one has a 1904 boiler. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Megan Simpson, of Saxonburg, shakes up some lemonade for a customer on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, at the Summer Steam Show. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Attendees go on tractor rides on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, at the Summer Steam Show on the Portersville Show Grounds. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Tractors are shown at the Portersville Steam Show on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, at the Portersville Show Grounds. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Joshua Stimac, 3, of Butler, takes a big bite of his doughnut on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, at the Summer Steam Show on the Portersville Show Grounds. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Thatcher Amerson, 3, of Boardman, Ohio, rides a Thomas the Tank Engine during the Summer Steam Show in Portersville on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
