Continuing this week with more "Larger than Life" pictures, this time it's a big Paul Bunyan statue straight out of Bangor, Maine. According to roadsideamerica.com "Bangor claims to be both the birthplace of the lumber industry, and, naturally, the Birthplace of Paul Bunyan. A titan of a statue in the city reminds Bangorians of their connection to this mythic character." The statue is 31' tall (37' with the pedestal) and shows this American legend with a double headed ax in one hand and and a pike in the other "The statue was donated to Bangor in 1959, on Bangor's 125th anniversary..." Bangorinfo.com explains, "Legend says Bunyan and his giant blue ox, Babe, traveled throughout the United States, creating the Grand Canyon, Puget Sound and the Black Hills. Lumbermen created the mythical giant, but it was W.B. Laughead who introduced the giant to the general population. An advertising copy writer from Westwood, Calif., Laughead used Bunyan in pamphlets from 1914 to 1944 to sell products by Red River Lumber Co. of Minnesota."
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Haney, I can't wait to see what you got over the weekend. I hope you had luck later in the day and on Sunday.
Saturday morning was just amazing, I have been telling everyone about it but you really can't give them the feeling we had being so close to the fight and the large bull that went past us.
It was fun shooting with you again. My Elk post will start in the morning.
Keep shooting, Brad.
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