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This was Brainerd - May 10

...week-long celebration leading to the Governor's Fishing Opener at Cragun's on Gull Lake began today at the Paul Bunyan Amusement Center, where Steve McFarland adjusts a 23-foot fishing rod and reel for Paul Bunyan.30 years ago (1983)Contracts...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2013-05-09/was-brainerd-%E2%80%94-may-10
Opinion
Open Forum: Paul Bunyan didn't get a break

...better off when public spending is as efficient and accountable as private spending. [b]Don McFarland[/b] [b]Patti McFarland[/b] [b]Lake Shore[/b] DON and PATTI McFARLAND are former owners of Paul Bunyan Amusement Center.

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2011-10-20/open-forum-paul-bunyan
Open Forum
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox off to their new home

...an auction to sell off various items.McFarland is the owner of the family business that once included the Paul Bunyan Amusement Center which was sold eight years ago and then moved east of Brainerd. The family business also owned the bowling...

http://brainerddispatch.com/business/2011-08-19/paul-bunyan-and-babe-blue-ox-the
Business
This was Brainerd

...tournament. 30 years ago (1972) The Sixth annual Minnesota State Junior Checkers Tournament will be held in the Paul Bunyan Amusement Center, Brainerd, on August 10. The tournament will be divided into two age groups, Juniors 14 to 17 and Midgets...

http://www.brainerddispatch.com/stories/072702/new_0727020022.shtml
News
Businesses lining up for job fair at the college

...Nikken-Independent distributor -- People skills and selling. Nor-son Inc. -- Carpenters and laborers. Paul Bunyan Amusement Center --Ride operators, retail and concessions. Perkins Family Restaurants -- Food production managers, guest...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/032999/new_0329990003.shtml
News
Paul Bunyan makes history

...fair. Steve McFarland, vice president of Paul Bunyan Amusement Center, said two men bought Paul Bunyan after the...return with their own children. In 1958, Paul Bunyan Amusement Center (left) sat on a wide open and forested strip...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/052299/cel_0522990056.shtml
Features
Annexation by Baxter protested

...and County Road 49 to put in a commercial venture and all hell was raised," said Don McFarland, owner of Paul Bunyan Amusement Center in Baxter, who later donated the land, along with other land owners, to develop the Paul Bunyan Nature Learning...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/060299/new_0602990029.shtml
News
Area news briefs

...the new Highway 210 west of the Highway 371 junction Thursday afternoon. This view is looking east toward Paul Bunyan Amusement Center. (Dispatch Photo by Clint Wood) School property auction July 10 The Brainerd School District public auction...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/060499/new_0604990020.shtml
News
RAY MADISON

...he still has a major interest. Not content with his myriad projects, he purchased a half interest in the Paul Bunyan Amusement Center. His success with the Holiday Inn here in Brainerd led to the construction and ownership of Holiday Inns in...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/060899/new_0608990003.shtml
News
This was Brainerd

...an effort to establish a "multi-purpose senior citizen center" in Brainerd. 30 years ago (1969) The Paul Bunyan Amusement Center will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this weekend. John "Sherm" Levis brought Paul Bunyan to Brainerd...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/062699/cel_0626990017.shtml
Features

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