A&E Grand Rapids Applebutter Festival Published on Oct. 10, 2011 Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print Butch Bauer, left, and his grandson Cyril Bauer, 16, both of Defiance, grind corn into cornmeal. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER Buy This Image Butch Bauer, left, and his daughter Stephanie Larkin, both of Defiance, grind corn into cornmeal at the Applebutter Festival in Grand Rapids, Ohio. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER Buy This Image Detrick Renner, 18, of Grand Rapids, starts his 1929 John Deere tractor. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER Buy This Image Elle Koesters, 8, of Napoleon, left, and Wood County prosecutor Paul Dobson, of Bowling Green, stir apple butter. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER Buy This Image Otsego Trapshooting team members Bobby Tolles, 15, of Weston, left, Chris McCann, 15, of Grand Rapids, and Alex Easterwood, 16, of Weston, juice apples. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER Buy This Image Grand Rapids Fire department members make onion rings from the 450 pounds of onions they cut up Saturday. From left: Nelson Zulch, Matt Mills, J.R. Bostelman, Ryan Cocke, and David Weilmnau. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER Buy This Image Alan Thompson, of Sylvania Township, participates in a Lewis and Clark reenactment. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER Buy This Image Visitors and residents of Grand Rapids crowd Front Street for the Applebutter Festival. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER Buy This Image Jay Ruggiero, left, and Frank Domalski, both of Sylvania, are part of a World War II reenactment. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER Buy This Image Fritz Hartman, of Milan, left, and Jon Amundson, of Van Wert, talk near Mr. Amundson's 1940 AR John Deere tractor he recently restored. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER Buy This Image Lucas Adkins, 4, of Washington Township, turns the wheel on Detrick Renner's 1929 John Deere at the Applebutter Festival. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER Buy This Image The annual Applebutter Festival is a fall tradition in Grand Rapids, Ohio. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER Buy This Image Tim Kreps, of West Toledo, demonstrates the Lukens air rifle, carried by Lewis and Clark on their journeys. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER Buy This Image A canoe floats along the Maumee River near Grand Rapids during the Applebutter Festival Sunday. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER Buy This Image Related Items grand rapids Recommended for you Click to comment