Jacks and Jills celebrate passion for history
Festival held at Sawmill Museum
Jacks and Jills did not go up a hill to get a bucket of water Saturday, but they did roll on in to Clinton, Iowa Saturday for the Lumberjack Festival. The men and women put on demonstrations of log rolling, chainsaw carving, sawing and other wooden trades. Visitors to the festival even had the chance to take their shoes off and try to avoid getting wet while rolling a log in a pool of water.Spoiler alert - most people fell in and got soaked and some spectators that were a little too close also got wet. The event was presented by the Sawmill Museum which celebrates Clinton’s lumber history. The museum works to preserve the history of sawmills, lumber and forest industries with stories focused in Clinton and the surrounding areas. The Sawmill Museum is located at 2231 Grant Street. Visit thesawmillmuseum.org for daily hours, admission prices and information about the museum.
– Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com
Tim Knutson falls off the logs during the "boom run" at the lumberjack competition Saturday afternoon at the Lumberjack Festival in Clinton. For the "boom run" the competitors wore modified soccer cleats called "calks" to help get a grip on the slippery logs.
Dave Johnson (left) of Clinton, and Dan Gascoiqne, of Dixon, turn spinning tops from blocks of maple Saturday afternoon at the Sawmill Museum during the Lumberjack Festival in Clinton. Members from Quad Cities Wood Turners were on site to demonstrate their wood lathes.
Dan Gascoiqne, of Dixon, turns a block of wood into a spinning top Saturday at the Sawmill Museum during the Lumberjack Festival in Clinton. Gascoiqne is a member of the Quad Cities Wood Turners. Club members were on site to show how a wood lathe is used.
Kayla DeKeyrel, of Fulton, tries her hand at axe throwing Saturday during the Lumberjack Festival in Clinton.
Kaleb Holdener, 12, of Clinton, attempts log rolling in a 10,000 gallon pool Saturday during the Lumberjack Festival in Clinton.
Carl Swanson focuses as he makes a cut with a single buck saw during competition Saturday at the Lumberjack Festival in Clinton.