Woodsmen’s Meet

Posted in {title}, 2010-04-14

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In the 19th century, timber was a source of wealth in Pennsylvania . . . and a source of jobs for lumberjacks. For entertainment, the loggers invented contests of skill that today have become a collegiate sport.

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Take in the Woodsmen’s Competition this weekend at Penn College of Technology

The rules for “Underhand Chop”

The rules for “Pole Felling”

Woodsmen’s Meets are a collegiate sport

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