There are a number ofstatues of Paul Bunyan on display in theUnited States.
A statue of Paul Bunyan is the 31-foot-tall (9.4 m) concrete and metal sculpture which has stood in the Kenton neighborhood ofPortland, Oregon since 1959.[1]
Another 31-foot (9.4 m) statue can be found inBangor, Maine. Standing since 1959, it weighs 3700 pounds.[2] The statue is shown with a large ax in one hand, and apeavey in the other hand.[2]
At theTrees of Mystery inKlamath, California there is the 49-foot (15 m) tallest known statue of Paul Bunyan."[3]
When the 26-foot "Muffler Man" Paul Bunyan was erected in front of a local lumber business in the 1980s, the town objected to the statue, citing that it was a violation of town codes given its substantial height. Finding no limitation on flagpole height on the books, the owners of the statue replaced Bunyan's axe with an American flag.[4]
Located off Exit 145 of I-95 in Rocky Mount, NC, a 40-foot Paul Bunyan statue stands as advertisement for Log Cabin Homes sales center.[5] This statue was purchased from a family owned entertainment center in Brainerd, Minnesota, and relocated to North Carolina in 2011.[6]
Smaller (although still larger than life) statues can also be found inAkeley,Bemidji, andBrainerd, Minnesota;Manistique andOssineke, Michigan;Muncie, Indiana;Aberdeen, South Dakota; andLakewood, Wisconsin and Wabeno Wisconsin.[2]Paul Bunyan's Log Chute, an amusement park ride inside Bloomington, Minnesota'sMall of America, also houses large statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. The Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Museum atCarson Park (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) has statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. TheRumford, Maine visitor center is home to giant statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. InStony Point, New York at local Scout Camp Bullowa, there is a 18 foot tall statue at the southern entrance. There is also a 19-foot Paul Bunyan in theEnchanted Forest Water Safari in Old Forge, New York that was built in 1956.
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