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Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack and folk hero in American [2] and Canadian folklore. [3] His tall tales revolve around his superhuman labors, [4] [5] and he is customarily accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox, his pet and working animal.
Paul Bunyan is approximately 18 feet (5.5 m) tall and measures 5 feet (1.5 m) across at his base. From toe to heel, Paul Bunyan measures 3 feet (0.91 m). Babe the Blue Ox is about 10 feet (3 m) tall and 8 feet (2.4 m) across at the front hooves. From nose to tail, Babe measures about 23 feet (7.0 m). [3]
The names listed here reflect the official names in the USGS U.S. Board on Geographic Names database. ... Paul Bunyans Cabin 143] 8,432 feet (2,570 m) Rainbow ...
Paul Bunyans Stump is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America. [4] Weather fronts originating in the Pacific Ocean travel northeast toward the Cascade Mountains . As fronts approach the North Cascades , they are forced upward by the peaks of the Cascade Range ( orographic lift ), causing them to drop their ...
Johnny Kaw is a fictional Kansas settler and the subject of a number of Paul Bunyan-esque tall tales about the settling of the territory. The legend of Johnny Kaw was created in 1955 by George Filinger, a professor of horticulture at Kansas State University , to celebrate the centennial of Manhattan, Kansas .
A fiberglass Paul Bunyan statue stood at 1471 Rocky Creek Road, just 10 minutes away from the giant cowboy at the Phillips 66 Gas Station on Hartley Bridge Road. ... That’s the connection to ...
Paul Bunyans Cabin (8,490 feet (2,588 m)) is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. [3] Paul Bunyans Cabin is on a rock spur immediately SSE of Longfellow Peak and from certain angles appears as a Log cabin. Lake Evangeline is northeast of the peak and Ruger Lake is to the east.
Tony Beaver is a character in several tall tales, often in tandem with stories of Paul Bunyan. [1] Beaver was a West Virginian woodsman located up Eel River, often described as a cousin of Paul Bunyan, and champion griddle skater of the Southern United States. [2]