Comments on: Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/09/21/paul-bunyan-and-babe-the-blue-ox/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:50:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Lee Bennett http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/09/21/paul-bunyan-and-babe-the-blue-ox/#comment-98942 Lee Bennett Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:49:44 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=555#comment-98942 Hah - this site was featured in a recent Dodge Ram commercial. "Big Truck" Hah - this site was featured in a recent Dodge Ram commercial. “Big Truck”

]]> By: Matty D. http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/09/21/paul-bunyan-and-babe-the-blue-ox/#comment-6196 Matty D. Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:49:06 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=555#comment-6196 There is another in Bangor, ME. Here is a ground level shot. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/MEBANbunyan.html Unfortunately the satellite images for that area have not been updated. There is another in Bangor, ME. Here is a ground level shot.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/MEBANbunyan.html

Unfortunately the satellite images for that area have not been updated.

]]> By: chewbaccawokka http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/09/21/paul-bunyan-and-babe-the-blue-ox/#comment-6157 chewbaccawokka Sun, 25 Sep 2005 03:32:48 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=555#comment-6157 49 feet?! Uh...is it just me, or is that monument, like...WAY taller than that? Anyway, somebody needs to find the one from Fargo. I think it was in Brainerd, MN or something. 49 feet?! Uh…is it just me, or is that monument, like…WAY taller than that?

Anyway, somebody needs to find the one from Fargo. I think it was in Brainerd, MN or something.

]]> By: Bill http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/09/21/paul-bunyan-and-babe-the-blue-ox/#comment-6148 Bill Sat, 24 Sep 2005 04:44:27 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=555#comment-6148 oops...meant to say "do we". oops…meant to say “do we”.

]]> By: Bill http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/09/21/paul-bunyan-and-babe-the-blue-ox/#comment-6147 Bill Sat, 24 Sep 2005 04:42:46 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=555#comment-6147 and we dare not have any propogation from the big bad lumber industry, can we??? and we dare not have any propogation from the big bad lumber industry, can we???

]]> By: The Govinator http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/09/21/paul-bunyan-and-babe-the-blue-ox/#comment-6113 The Govinator Fri, 23 Sep 2005 04:01:29 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=555#comment-6113 Hey I submitted the Collinsville Catsup bottle a while ago.... I feel robbed Hey I submitted the Collinsville Catsup bottle a while ago…. I feel robbed

]]> By: William http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/09/21/paul-bunyan-and-babe-the-blue-ox/#comment-6099 William Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:12:14 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=555#comment-6099 Large icons were widely used in roadside america to attract tourist. Most of the ones that I have searched for are in low res areas, but here in Collinsville, Illinois is the "World's largest catsup bottle" http://maps.google.com/maps?q=800+S+Morrison+Ave,+Collinsville,+IL+62234&ll=38.662852,-89.982394&spn=0.003836,0.007318&t=k&hl=en Large icons were widely used in roadside america to attract tourist. Most of the ones that I have searched for are in low res areas, but here in Collinsville, Illinois is the “World’s largest catsup bottle” Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: Matthew Sz http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/09/21/paul-bunyan-and-babe-the-blue-ox/#comment-6097 Matthew Sz Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:18:58 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=555#comment-6097 It may not be Paul Bunyan, but I have seen the Jolly Green Giant (check out that shadow!): http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=43.650570,-94.095969&spn=0.003606,0.007308&z=0&t=h&hl=en It may not be Paul Bunyan, but I have seen the Jolly Green Giant (check out that shadow!):
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: Andy Lester http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/09/21/paul-bunyan-and-babe-the-blue-ox/#comment-6096 Andy Lester Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:02:57 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=555#comment-6096 The home of Paul Bunyan is in Bemidji, MN. http://www.visitbemidji.com/bemidji/paultales.html The home of Paul Bunyan is in Bemidji, MN.

http://www.visitbemidji.com/bemidji/paultales.html

]]> By: Paul Drye http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/09/21/paul-bunyan-and-babe-the-blue-ox/#comment-6091 Paul Drye Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:21:06 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=555#comment-6091 Bunyan wasn't invented by the industry, just made more popular. He's one of a bunch of orally transmitted "larger-than-life" heroes in American myth, along with Mike Fink, Pecos Bill, Casey Jones, and John Henry. What's interesting is that Bunyan was probably the last before the 20th century hit, as the period of "wildcat logging" was very short. It industrialized fairly early on, and the oral tradition disappeared with it. Try http://www.americanfolklore.net/ff.html for some of it. It's got a very peculiar flavour even when compared with other folk myths. Bunyan wasn’t invented by the industry, just made more popular. He’s one of a bunch of orally transmitted “larger-than-life” heroes in American myth, along with Mike Fink, Pecos Bill, Casey Jones, and John Henry. What’s interesting is that Bunyan was probably the last before the 20th century hit, as the period of “wildcat logging” was very short. It industrialized fairly early on, and the oral tradition disappeared with it.

Try http://www.americanfolklore.net/ff.html for some of it. It’s got a very peculiar flavour even when compared with other folk myths.

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