Paul Bunyan

Paul Bunyan was the biggest baby ever born. It took five storks to deliver him, and he cut his teeth on a peavy pole. By the time he was a week old, he was wearing his father out. When Paul clapped his hands, the vibration broke every window in the house. He grew so tall that his head was lost in the clouds.

His blue ox, Babe, was just as enormous. Together they cleared forests across the northern states. Paul dug the Grand Canyon by dragging his axe behind him, created the Great Lakes as watering holes for Babe, and straightened out the winding rivers so his log drives would run smooth. Every landform in the north country has a Paul Bunyan story behind it.