Celebrate Legends and Logging Days in Park Rapids, Minn., on Friday and Saturday, and watch master chainsaw woodcarvers create pieces of art that will be auctioned off, check out archery/tomahawk, lumberjack and lumberjill competitions, logging demonstrations, tour a historical homestead and a rendezvous encampment and listen to music and more on the Antique Tractor and Engine Grounds. Pre-festival events on Thursday include live music and Water Wars downtown on Main Street. Visitors can stop by Itasca State Park to see the headwaters of the Mississippi River. More details at: www.parkrapids.com/events/legendsloggingfestival.htm or 1-800-247-0054. Colleen A. Coles
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