Comments on: Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox

By: Lee Bennett

Lee Bennett — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:49:44 +0000

Hah – this site was featured in a recent Dodge Ram commercial. “Big Truck”

By: Matty D.

Matty D. — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:49:06 +0000

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

chewbaccawokka — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 03:32:48 +0000

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

Bill — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 04:44:27 +0000

oops…meant to say “do we”.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 04:42:46 +0000

and we dare not have any propogation from the big bad lumber industry, can we???

By: The Govinator

The Govinator — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 04:01:29 +0000

Hey I submitted the Collinsville Catsup bottle a while ago…. I feel robbed

By: William

William — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:12:14 +0000

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

Matthew Sz — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:18:58 +0000

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

Andy Lester — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:02:57 +0000

The home of Paul Bunyan is in Bemidji, MN.

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

By: Paul Drye

Paul Drye — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:21:06 +0000

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.