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  Paul Bunyan Trail | Bike trail and snowmobile trail from Brainerd Minnesota to Bemidji Minnesota
Here you'll find an illustrated story of Paul Bunyan and all the other characters you knew when you were a kid.
With over 14 towns located on the Paul Bunyan Trail, there are plenty to choose from.
The Paul Bunyan Trail, over 100 miles in length, covers a large area.
paulbunyantrail.com   (290 words)

  
  Paul Bunyan: Stories about the Legendary woodsman from American Folklore.
Paul Bunyan is a larger-than-life folk hero who embodies frontier vitality.
Paul Bunyan is part of the western tall tale literature, which often populates the landscape with beings of gigantic proportions.
Paul Bunyan and his boon companion Babe the Blue Ox take mosquitos of tremendous proportions, rainstorms that last for months, and natural obstructions like mountains ranges in their stride.
www.americanfolklore.net /paulbunyan.html   (410 words)

  
  Paul Bunyan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paul Bunyan is a mythical lumberjack in tall tales.
Bunyan's birth was strange, as are the births of many mythic heroes, as it took seventeen storks to carry the infant (ordinarily, one stork could carry several babies and drop them off at their parents' home).
Paul Bunyan is a character in Jack of Fables.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Bunyan   (1422 words)

  
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Paul and his crew soon cleared all the trees and after that Paul went around and knocked all the stumps into the ground, which is why North Dakota is so smooth.
Paul decided to plant a kernel of corn and have people sign affidavits, giving testimony that it was fertile and that the corn grew quickly.
Paul had to shoot food up to Ole with a gun and then tried to cut down the cornstalk, which proved to be an extremely difficult task.
www.east-central.k12.ia.us /sabula/ms/sabulatown/PaulB.html   (0 words)

  
 Bangor Best Inn - Paul Bunyan, an Area Attraction in Bangor, Maine
Paul is 31 feet tall, weighs 3,200 pounds, and has a steel interior and fiberglass exterior.
His Ma really had a hard time keeping Paul fed. It is said that in a single day, Paul would eat seventy-four buckets of oatmeal with five gallons of maple syrup poured on them and drink at least fourteen gallons of milk.
Paul finally decided to leave the logging camp because if he had stayed he would have chopped down all of the trees and leave the other loggers without jobs to support their families.
www.bangorbestinn.com /paulbunyan.htm   (0 words)

  
 Paul Bunyan Catalog. Roadside America
Careful inspection of the Paul Bunyan in Manistique, Michigan, reveals that his boots, jeans, belt, rolled-up shirt sleeves, and even his beard are integral sculpted parts of his fiberglass body.
Brainerd: In 2005, a seated Paul Bunyan was erected outside a new welcome center 5 miles south of town.
Paul's suspenders are made of conveyor belts from the vacuum cleaner factory; the buttons on his flannel shirt are vacuum cleaner wheels.
www.roadsideamerica.com /set/bunylist.html   (2063 words)

  
 Paul Bunyan - The Lumberjack Legend
Paul cut his teeth on a peavy pole and grew so fast that one week after being born, he had to wear his father's clothes.
Paul could cut down acres of timber single-handedly in just a few minutes by tying his huge ax to the end of a long rope and swinging it in circles.
Paul wandered far from Bemidji at times and when his crew logged off North and South Dakota, there was the problem of what to do with the stumps.
www.visitbemidji.com /bemidji/paultales.html   (1479 words)

  
 Bemidji - Paul Bunyan   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Paul cut his teeth on a peavey and he grew so fast that one week after he was born he had to wear his father’s clothes.
Paul cut down acres of timber single-handedly in a few minutes by tying his huge ax to the end of a long rope and swinging it in circles.
Paul’s logging crew was made of giants too, but none as big or as strong as the “King of the Lumberjacks.”; Nevertheless, his loggers were all over 6-feet sitting down, and they sharpened their axes by holding them against huge stones rolling down a hill.
www.mndestinations.com /03b_paulbunyan.cfm   (679 words)

  
 The Arts - Paul Bunyan Fine Art   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hanna’s Bunyan is not larger than life, though he is, but is part of life, is as full of different emotions as everyone.
On a triptych of bottles titled “Paul Bunyan’s Vision of the Future Destruction of Resources and Society,” the logger is juxtaposed onto Easter Island – a society that long ago apparently exhausted all its resources and subsequently died out.
Paul Bunyan may be a faded legend, but his story still carries weight and significance beyond the road side attractions.
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 Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce - Paul Bunyan
According to his symbolic birth certificate, Paul Bunyan was born in Bangor, Maine on February 13, 1834.
The Paul Bunyan statue was built to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Bangor’s incorporation as a city in 1959.
Paul is 31-feet tall, weighs 3,200 pounds, and has a steel interior and a fiberglass exterior.
www.bangorregion.com /about_the_region/paul_bunyon.html   (279 words)

  
 Orion's Gate About John Bunyan
The man was John Bunyan, the date was November 12,1660 and it is an early autumn evening.
Bunyan, there is a warrant out against you, and the officers are on the lookout for you.
Yet in that dismal den John Bunyan breathes the very atmosphere of heaven and there he writes that immortal classic that we know as "The Pilgrim's Progress." A book that has been translated into more languages, been published in more editions and changed more lives than any other non-Biblical book in history.
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 Paul Bunyan   (Site not responding. Last check: )
After a prologue for young and old trees and wild geese, the first act opens, after a ballad from the narrator, with the unseen giant, Paul Bunyan, calling together lumberjacks, to be led by Hel Helson.
Bunyan finds a wife his own size and his daughter, Tiny, is introduced, sad at the death of her mother.
Hel Helson becomes involved in subversion of Paul Bunyan's benign guidance, when there is a call for farmers, but an off- stage fight finds Helson worsted, then to be reconciled with Paul Bunyan.
naxos.com /NewDesign/fintro.files/bintro.files/operas/Paul_Bunyan.htm   (0 words)

  
 Paul Bunyan. Roadside America
Paul Bunyan is everywhere, and is much beloved.
Bunyan's girlfriend is in Hackensack, his anchor is in Ortonville, his rifle is in Black Duck, and he is buried (he died in 1899) in Kelliher.
Now that Paul is dead, and Saab-driving law school naturalists have nothing to fear, don't be surprised if the many Paul Bunyan statues start coming under fire, as teaching our children bad lessons.
www.roadsideamerica.com /set/bunyan.html   (458 words)

  
 The Straight Dope: Is Paul Bunyan a fraud?
Still, there's no denying the truth: Most of the Paul Bunyan yarns, commonly thought of as tall tales spun by loggers during winter evenings in the north woods, were actually the work of inspired hacks.
In it Paul and the other lumberjacks try to float logs to the sawmill, only to realize after the scenery starts to repeat itself that the river they're using is circular.
The first two Paul Bunyan pamphlets in 1914 and 1916 enjoyed only modest success, but the third in 1922 was a hit and brought the giant lumberjack international fame.
www.straightdope.com /columns/020510.html   (787 words)

  
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Paul finally decided to leave the logging camp because if he had stayed he would have chopped down all of the trees and leave the other loggers without jobs to support their families.
When Paul Bunyan was born, he was so large that it took five giant storks working overtime just to deliver him to his mother and father.
One time Paul’s quickness got him into trouble, he shot a bear and was so anxious to see if he’d hit it that he ran as fast as he could up to the bear--only to get there before the bullet did.
ladygatorsplace.com /paul-bunyan.htm   (1227 words)

  
 PaulBunyanWoodPile.html   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Paul Bunyan's Woodpile is a geological formation that resembles several large piles of cut wood.
The turn off to Paul Bunyan's Wood Pile will be a little before the mile marker 125.
There is a road sign for Paul Bunyan's Wood Pile along U.S. Highway route 6, about 3.2 miles north of the turnoff to the Jericho Sand Dunes (Jericho road), or 14.8 miles south of Eureka Utah.
www.cc.utah.edu /~joseph/geography/PaulBunyanWoodPile.html   (0 words)

  
 Paul Bunyan Rifle & Sportsman's Club Home Page
Paul Bunyan Rifle and Sportsman's Club is a private club with a Shotgun Range, Rifle Range, Pistol Range and Action Pistol Bays.
Paul Bunyan Rifle and Sportsman's Club was founded, and applied for National Rifle Association charter in March of 1945 by 57 charter members, most from the Midland area, others from Tacoma and Puyallup.
In 1960, Paul Bunyan became the Nation's first rifle club to be officially certified as a tree farm.
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 The Tasmanian Devil vs. Paul Bunyan @ WWWF Grudge Match   (Site not responding. Last check: )
If the Grand Canyon is 1 mile wide and Bunyan is as tall as the tale says (a whopping 4 MILES in height!), then we have to consider Bunyan's overall mass/weight/size ratio as well as the size of his axe (simple math brings his axe easily to approximately.75 -.80 miles in width).
Paul will win and then stomp down out of the mountains, crushing the tree activists as he goes (he will leave a couple for Taz to devour; after all, he is a good sport, being a legend, and Taz WILL be a sore loser).
Bunyan must be one mean mutha because learning about him made even hardcore players like Albert, Mushmouth and that hophead kid with the pink hat go to the library and explore the world of Arts and Letters.
www.grudge-match.com /History/taz-bunyan.shtml   (8705 words)

  
 Paul Bunyan Tall Tales
Once upon a time Paul Bunyan, the lumberjack, and Babe the blue ox, went to the Southwest to plow where some trees of Paul’s used to grow.
Paul Bunyon wanted to clear a spot of lumber that was miles around to sell to settlers.
Paul was about to catch up to her when Babe fell to the ground because she was exhausted.
www.canbymn.org /dhoyme/paul_bunyan_tall_tales.htm   (1854 words)

  
 Paul Bunyan   (Site not responding. Last check: )
D.B. Paul Bunyan was so big that he could almost touch the sky when he was a baby.
Paul Bunyan was a mighty man. He helped the farmers grow their crop.
Paul Bunyan was a good man. He cut down trees.
scott.k12.va.us /trishsweb/2paul.htm   (225 words)

  
 Paul Bunyan: The Story of Paul Bunyan   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Paul cleared forty acres during his little demonstration, and when the dust settled, any trees that were left standin' took one look around and laid down in fright.
Paul and his loggers were slowed to a standstill by the huge pile of cut trees.
Paul let loose a victory holler that blew down all the scrub pines that his men hadn't bothered to chop.
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Paul Bunyan's dad was an ordinary man, he was a bit nervous about what the towns people might think about baby Paul.
People in town thought Paul was to much trouble so his parents made a boat size cradle and sent Paul to sea.
When Paul was older, one morning he awoke to find blue snow, and a blue ox, in the cold.
www.towson.edu /csme/mctp/StudentProjects/TallTales/page1.html   (0 words)

  
 Paul Bunyan Telephone Cooperative Employment Opportunities - Jobs
Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone has an immediate full-time, job opportunity for a responsible install/repair person, reporting to the Bemidji, MN office location.
Applications and resume with salary requirements should be received by October 5th, 2007 to Personnel Supervisor/IR, Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone, 1831 Anne St. NW-Suite 100, Bemidji, MN 56601.
Paul Bunyan Telephone has an opening for a part-time customer service assistant reporting to the Deer River and/or Grand Rapids offices.
www.paulbunyan.net /employment.html   (629 words)

  
 Paul Bunyan Tall Tales
Paul and Babe looked around and saw a lady who was four inches shorter than Paul.
One time in spring Paul and his buddies were sitting around in the cabin because it was raining cats and dogs.
Paul picked up his arrow and said, "Hey my arrow's wet." All of a sudden it started raining raindrops the size of softballs.
www.canbymn.org /dhoyme/0304paul_bunyan_tall_tales1.htm   (1346 words)

  
 Paul Bunyan Amusement Center   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Paul Bunyan Amusement Center is closing this season due to the amazing amount of money it takes to run a park like this one.
Paul Bunyan Center was founded in 1950 by Sherm Levis.
In the present day, Paul Bunyan Center is a large tourist attraction, boasting over 40 rides and attractions owned and operated by the McFarland Family.
www.worldslargestthings.com /minnesota/bunyancenter.htm   (295 words)

  
 Paul Bunyan   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Paul Bunyan is a hero with great strength and speed, a cunning intellect and best of all, a sense of humor.This story is a distinctly American Legend, that everyone knows.
Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox, babe are responsible for creating the Black Hills, Puget Sound, and of course the Grand Canyon.
Paul cut down entire forests with one swing of his ax to clear land for farmers.
www.thepoint.net /~stbar/related/PaulBJAC.html   (165 words)

  
 Tall tales   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Paul rescued Babe, as a calf, from drowning during the Winter of Blue Snow.
Babe grew to be twenty-four axe handles and a plug of tobacco wide between the eyes and as a snack would eat thirty bales of haywire and all.
Paul rolled it all up and gave it back to the town to use elsewhere.
www.uhigh.ilstu.edu /soc/us/Website/70clock/talltales/pab.html   (0 words)

  
 Paul Bunyan Internatonal Hockey Tournament Home
The mission of the tournament is to celebrate the excitement, diversity, joy, and excellence that youth hockey has to offer by bringing together the finest teams from a variety of North American and International locations into a premier tournament setting.
Park was one of the most outstanding players that year scoring four goals in one game and leading the Junior Kings to the championship.
The Holiday Inn Express of Bemidji, is proud to be the 2007 Paul Bunyan International Hockey Tournament Major Sponsor.
www.paulbunyanhockey.com   (426 words)

  
 Paul Bunyan (Cloze Activity) - EnchantedLearning.com
Paul Bunyan, in addition to his incredible size, was supposed to have had tremendous strength, cunning, and _______________________.
Paul was supposed to have been the _______________________ baby ever _______________________ in Maine.
In the tall tales, Paul _______________________ and Babe the Blue _______________________ are credited with having created many of the most amazing _______________________ in the USA, including the _______________________, the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River, Puget _______________________, and the Black Hills of South _______________________.
www.enchantedlearning.com /tales/paulbunyan/cloze   (188 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Paul Bunyan 20th Anniversary Edition (Reading Rainbow Book): Books: Steven Kellogg   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Paul's adventures begin when he is just a baby (who can lift a cow over his head) and continue as he grows into the biggest lumberjack in the world.
Paul Bunyan was the largest, smartest, and strongest baby ever born in the state of Maine.
This book is very funny and entertaining.It was funny to see how Paul Bunyan, who was gigantic as both a baby and an adult, delt with all of the people and monsters who were much smaller than him.
www.amazon.com /Paul-Bunyan-Anniversary-Reading-Rainbow/dp/0688058000   (1224 words)

  
 Paul Bunyan
They may be told that Paul Bunyan is credited with a number of exploits across the United States.
A large picture of Paul Bunyan may be drawn based on an illustration in one of the books about the hero.
The student will read a story about Paul Bunyan, make transparencies of scenes in the story, and retell the story during a storytelling festival.
eduref.org /Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Story_Telling/STT0200.html   (0 words)

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