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NOV 2 1 13*5
PAUL BUNYAN
PAUL BUNYAN—He was a giant, seven feet tall and with a seven- foot stride. He was famous throughout the whole timber country of America for his great physical strength and his ability to accomplish great things. No undertaking was too great for him. He dug the Great Lakes, constructed Niagara Falls, created the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. He logged-off the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas. He piled up the Appalachian Mountains and the Rocky Mountain Chains. The Grand Canyon, Puget Sound and the Alaskan Glaciers are among his major achievements. American geography owes every¬ thing to Paul Bunyan.
He was so powerful that with his hands he could pull up by the roots or tie a knot in a tall pine tree. With his double-bit axe tied to a rope he could cut down acres of timber with a single swing. So great was his lung power that he called his logging crews to their meals by blowing through a hollow tree. He was very fast on his feet. He could go to one end of the big camp bunkhouse, blow out the oil lamp, and get into his bunk at the other end before it got dark.
THE LOGGING CREW-Paul Bunyan had a crew of ten thousand men in his pinery camps in Wisconsin. They were a select army of lumberjacks, having learned timber-cutting in the wilds of Maine, New Brunswick, Vermont, Quebec, Pennsylvania, Ontario and Michi¬ gan. All were powerful men undaunted by great cold, wind or water. Big Joe Mufraw could fell a giant pine with two strokes of his axe. Cris Crosshaul, one of the camp foremen, had eyes so sharp that he could see to the tops of the tallest hills in three looks. Pink-eye Martin could put a big pine log on his shoulder and walk away with it. Jim Liverpool could jump across the widest river in three jumps. Shot Gunderson was the champion log-spinner. In a fast- flowing stream he could birl a big log so fast that the water boiled and he walked ashore on the foam. Giant Ole Olson, the camp black¬ smith, struck his anvil with his sledge and the ring of the metal was heard throughout the state.
Sourdough Sam was Paul Bunyan's chief cook. His range was an acre in extent. He strapped hams on the feet of his colored boy flunkeys and had them skate over its top to grease it. The pancake batter was poured from a concrete mixer. Popcorn kernels in the batter made the pancakes turn themselves. Hot Biscuit Slim, the camp baker, baked bread loves so large that Paul used some of them for bunkhouses. Ole Olson, the smith, punched the holes in the doughnuts. Piebelly Smith's apple pies spoke for themselves. Ten men with wheelbarrows removed the prune stones from the cook shanty. The chipmunks ate the kernels and grew as large and as fierce as tigers.
BABE, THE BLUE OX-Paul Bunyan was assisted in his logging by his huge Blue Ox, Babe. Of him Paul was very fond. He had the strength of ninety horses and he weighed ten thousand pounds. He
Object Description
| Page Title | Folklore Pamphlets, 1921-1945 |
| Author | Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-1946 |
| Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
| Source Creation Date | 1921-1945 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2006 |
| Digital Identifier | TP423000 |
| Description |
Charles E. Brown (1872-1946) was curator of the Museum of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and secretary of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society. He also collected a substantial body of folklore on Wisconsin Indians, lumbering, steamboating, local history, and related topics which he published in pamphlet form. Brown created these pamphlets for the Wisconsin Archaeological Society, the Wisconsin Folklore Society, courses he taught during University of Wisconsin summer sessions, and simply as privately published booklets for the amusement of his friends and colleagues. Most are only 4-8 pages long. In the printed booklets, Brown did not usually cite sources for the tales, but his correspondence and research notes are available in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives in boxes 2-10 of Wis Mss HB.
The links below will open a collection of 47 pamphlets totaling 444 pages that were issued between 1921 and 1945 (all that are known to exist). They have been grouped loosely according to subject and appear in the following order: Native American Folklore: Indian Folk Lore (1921), Moccasin Tales (1935), Birchbark Tales (1941), Lake Mendota Indian Legends (1927), Indian Flower Toys and Games (1931), Lake Mendota: Prehistory, History and Legends (1933), Winabozho, Hero-God of the Indians of the Old Northwest (1944), Indian Star Lore (1930), Wigwam Tales (1930) Lumbering and Logging: Paul Bunyan Tales (1922; revised editions, 1927 and 1929), Paul Bunyan and Tony Beaver Tales (1930), Paul Bunyan, American Hercules (1937), Paul Bunyan Classics (1945), Paul Bunyan Natural History (1935), Flapjacks from Paul Bunyan's Cook Shanty (1941), Brimstone Bill (1942), Johnny Inkslinger (1944), Bunyan Bunkhouse Yarns (1945), Shanty Boy (1945), Ole Olson (1945), Sourdough Sam (1945) Other Wisconsin & American Folklore: Ghost Tales (1931), The Ridgeway Ghost (1943), "Cousin Jack" Stories (1940; Cornish folklore), Prairie Stories (1934), Whiskey Jack Yarns (1940; river rafting folklore), Old Man River (1940), Sea Serpents (1942), Bluenose Brainerd Stories (1943), Bear Tales (1944), Ben Hooper Tales (1944), Hermits (1945), Lost Treasure Tales (1945), Flower Toys and Games (1923), Insect Lore (1929), Cowboy Tales (1929), Little Stories about George Washington (1932), Gems: Magic, Mystery and Myths of Precious Stones (1932), Old Stormalong Yarns (1933), Cloud Lore (1935), Gypsy Lore (1935), Flower Lore (1938), The Trees of the Campus (1925), Wisconsin Indians (1933), French Pathfinders of Wisconsin (1934) |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
| Format | Text |
| Recommended Citation | Use the bibliographic data on the cover or title page of each individual pamphlet, concluding with the phrase Online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1622 |
| Document Number | TP423 |
| Size | 46 items ; 19-28 cm. |
| URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1622 |
| Owner Collection | Pamphlet Collection; Pamphlets in Rare Book Collection |
| Genre | pamphlet; |
| State/Province | Wisconsin |
| Sub-Topic | Mid-19th century Immigration; Development of the Railroads; Early U.S. Settlement; Farming and Rural Life; The French Fur Trade; Great Lakes Steamships and Canals; Lead Mining in SOuthwestern Wisconsin; Lumbering and Forest Products; |
| Art | Folklore |
| Education | University of Wisconsin |
| Type | Text |
Description
| Page Title | [Page 1] |
| Author | Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-1946; |
| Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
| Source Publisher | Wisconsin Folklore Society |
| Source Creation Date | 1945 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2006 |
| Digital Identifier | TP423176 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
| Format | Text |
| Size | 3 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Owner Collection | Pamphlet Collection |
| Owner Object ID | 98- 410 |
| Genre | pamphlet; |
| Full Text | NOV 2 1 13*5 PAUL BUNYAN PAUL BUNYAN—He was a giant, seven feet tall and with a seven- foot stride. He was famous throughout the whole timber country of America for his great physical strength and his ability to accomplish great things. No undertaking was too great for him. He dug the Great Lakes, constructed Niagara Falls, created the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. He logged-off the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas. He piled up the Appalachian Mountains and the Rocky Mountain Chains. The Grand Canyon, Puget Sound and the Alaskan Glaciers are among his major achievements. American geography owes every¬ thing to Paul Bunyan. He was so powerful that with his hands he could pull up by the roots or tie a knot in a tall pine tree. With his double-bit axe tied to a rope he could cut down acres of timber with a single swing. So great was his lung power that he called his logging crews to their meals by blowing through a hollow tree. He was very fast on his feet. He could go to one end of the big camp bunkhouse, blow out the oil lamp, and get into his bunk at the other end before it got dark. THE LOGGING CREW-Paul Bunyan had a crew of ten thousand men in his pinery camps in Wisconsin. They were a select army of lumberjacks, having learned timber-cutting in the wilds of Maine, New Brunswick, Vermont, Quebec, Pennsylvania, Ontario and Michi¬ gan. All were powerful men undaunted by great cold, wind or water. Big Joe Mufraw could fell a giant pine with two strokes of his axe. Cris Crosshaul, one of the camp foremen, had eyes so sharp that he could see to the tops of the tallest hills in three looks. Pink-eye Martin could put a big pine log on his shoulder and walk away with it. Jim Liverpool could jump across the widest river in three jumps. Shot Gunderson was the champion log-spinner. In a fast- flowing stream he could birl a big log so fast that the water boiled and he walked ashore on the foam. Giant Ole Olson, the camp black¬ smith, struck his anvil with his sledge and the ring of the metal was heard throughout the state. Sourdough Sam was Paul Bunyan's chief cook. His range was an acre in extent. He strapped hams on the feet of his colored boy flunkeys and had them skate over its top to grease it. The pancake batter was poured from a concrete mixer. Popcorn kernels in the batter made the pancakes turn themselves. Hot Biscuit Slim, the camp baker, baked bread loves so large that Paul used some of them for bunkhouses. Ole Olson, the smith, punched the holes in the doughnuts. Piebelly Smith's apple pies spoke for themselves. Ten men with wheelbarrows removed the prune stones from the cook shanty. The chipmunks ate the kernels and grew as large and as fierce as tigers. BABE, THE BLUE OX-Paul Bunyan was assisted in his logging by his huge Blue Ox, Babe. Of him Paul was very fond. He had the strength of ninety horses and he weighed ten thousand pounds. He |
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