With more than 8,000 things to Do, See and Taste, the 2010 Oregon State Fair (August 27 – September 6) is going to be Too Big to Miss! Last Year 350,000 people attended the Fair which features all the state’s best, with the fairgrounds becoming Oregon’s 2nd largest city for 11 days!
The Oregon state fair starts in Salem Friday. And, as Kristian Foden-Vencil reports, a national lumberjack championship is expected to draw big crowds.
WINNER: Oregon State Fair. This year, the fair will live up to its slogan, “Too big to miss.” The fair opens today with timber competitions, an interactive dinosaur exhibit and other new activities to complement the beloved traditional homecraft, farm animal and chocolate-cake contests.
Swinging an ax and wielding a saw is a century-plus-old tradition in Oregon. The timber industry helped build the state, and lumberjacking used to be one of the biggest trades in the Northwest. So it’s surprising that the premier timber sports competition, the Stihl Timbersports Series, hasn’t been to Oregon … until now.