By Michael Edmonds
Every American has heard of the lumberjack hero Paul Bunyan and his large blue ox. For a hundred years his exploits stuffed cartoons, magazines, brief tales, and kid's books, and his identify marketed every thing from pancake breakfasts to development provides. through 1950 Bunyan was once a ubiquitous icon of America's power and ingenuity. beforehand, not anyone knew the place he got here from—and the level to which this legendary hero is rooted in Wisconsin.
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