Chainsaw Carvers’ Round-Up

12-09-25 - 14-09-25 All day

Address: Cook Forest Sawmill Art Center, Cooksburg, PA, United States

September 12 – 14, 2025

Daily: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

1st Auction on Saturday at 4 p.m.
2nd Auction on Sunday at 3:30 p.m.

Auction Registration begins at 3:00 p.m.

Come see carvers in action as they create beautiful works of art from a simple log. Stay for the auctions to bid on and purchase some of these beautiful pieces!

The Sawmill Craft Market will be open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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Cook Forest Living History Weekend

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Cook Forest State Park, see detailed flyer for specific program locations

100 RT 36, Cooksburg, PA 16217-0120

Please join us for a fun filled weekend of living history as we journey through various historical eras of the United States: French & Indian War, Colonial Period, Revolutionary War, and Civil War. Living historian and master story-teller Paul Stillman, historical interpreters Dave Clark and John King, Grammy nominated singer-song writer-storyteller, Ray Owen, with special guest appearances from President Abe Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin, as they take us through these noteworthy periods of American history through first person character portrayals, hands-on demonstrations, and song.
Cook Forest Living History Weekend

23-05-26 All day

Cook Forest State Park, see detailed flyer for specific program locations

100 RT 36, Cooksburg, PA 16217-0120

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Cook Forest State Park, see detailed flyer for specific program locations

100 RT 36, Cooksburg, PA 16217-0120

Please join us for a fun filled weekend of living history as we journey through various historical eras of the United States: French & Indian War, Colonial Period, Revolutionary War, and Civil War. Living historian and master story-teller Paul Stillman, historical interpreters Dave Clark and John King, Grammy nominated singer-song writer-storyteller, Ray Owen, with special guest appearances from President Abe Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin, as they take us through these noteworthy periods of American history through first person character portrayals, hands-on demonstrations, and song.
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13-06-26 All day

Cook Forest State Park, Sawmill Center for the Arts & Black Bear Trail

100 RT 36, Cooksburg, PA 16217-0120

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Cook Forest State Park, Sawmill Center for the Arts & Black Bear Trail

100 RT 36, Cooksburg, PA 16217-0120

Cook Forest State Park will host a series of living history events depicting life during the French & Indian War. Highlights of this full two-day encampment include children’s programs, woodland natives, cannon and musket firing demonstrations, sutler camp, council and trading events, nationally renowned living historians, French & Indian War era artisans, and live tactical engagements. Every battle is different! Take a walk back in time at the Sawmill Center for the Arts to view British, Colonial, French, and American Indian re-enactors as they portray lifestyles of the 18^th century.