Paul Bunyan, the folkloric lumberjack who travelled around the United States with his giant blue ox Babe, actually originated in French Canada in 1837. He was credited with a number of fantastic feats. For instance, to water his companion Babe, he scooped out large tracts of land to create the Great Lakes; he was responsible for creating the logging industry in the States; he cleared the Dakotas for use as farm land. The fantastic stories attributed to Bunyan are in fact the basis for the "tall tale". Told around camp fires for generations, his stories have become the stuff of legend. Celebrate the day by passing along a few tall tales or head off to the library and research a bit more about this giant of a man.
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