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Paul
Bunyan Statue
Historical Marker
Location
of sign - On the shoreline of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji, Minnesota
Photo
taken - July 2005
Photos
courtesy of Jimmy Wayne
Text
of sign:
The
statues of Paul Bunyon and Babe were both built in 1937 in
connection with a January winter carnival. The 18-foot
Paul
weighs
two-and-one-half tons and stands above five tons of concrete
footings. Babe was originally built to be mobile, covered
with
canvas, and for two years was trucked in parades throughout
Minnesota before returning in 1939 to be cemented down
beside
his friend Paul. The two figures remain permanent symbols of
Bemidji and its most colorful era of logging and lumberjacks.
American
Legion, Ralph Gracie Post #14 Bemidji, MN.
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