2024 Tri-State Antique Engine and Tractor Show

August 23, 2024 at 11:38 p.m.

Business was booming Friday at the Tri-State Antique Engine and Tractor Show in Portland. Pictured, John Hughes of Texas marks prices on his merchandise with green duct tape Friday morning near Floral Hall. (The Commercial Review/Bailey Cline)

Two 1915 F.E. Myers pumps powered by a 1930 John Deere — the mechanism is owned by Marvin Rees — pour water into a basin Friday afternoon at the fairgrounds. (The Commercial Review/Bailey Cline)

Stuffed toys and dolls ride a Ferris wheel powered by Cloverdale resident Neil McCammack’s Foos Junior antique gas engine Friday morning at the fairgrounds. (The Commercial Review/Bailey Cline)

A spectator records a demonstration Friday afternoon of a 1944 Allison aircraft engine operated by Ted Pinkerton. The 12-cylinder engine was made in Indianapolis. (The Commercial Review/Bailey Cline)

Batesville resident Steve Schantz prepares a 1915 Reid engine for use Friday afternoon. (The Commercial Review/Bailey Cline)

A line of antique Ford tractors sit on display Friday afternoon at the fairgrounds. (The Commercial Review/Bailey Cline)

Jeremy Knapschafer of Bryant works on his 1909 Detroit engine. Knapschafer has attended the show for more than 20 years, and his father, Portland resident Joe Knapschafer, has joined him for the last dozen years. (The Commercial Review/Bailey Cline)

Business was booming Friday at the Tri-State Antique Engine and Tractor Show in Portland. Folks from different parts of the country as well as local families visited Jay County Fairgrounds, walking or driving golf carts around the grounds to look at antique engines and tractors, peruse items available to purchase or sell their own wares.