So I catch Big John often tellin' folks that Paul Bunyan was born at Crow Wing Crest Lodge -- "it's the water," he says. "When I moved here 16 years ago, I was only 6' 2" - now look at me, I'm 6' 7"!"
Typical day in a logging camp
A day in the life of a lumberjack - from a story written in 1894 (click here).
Washing clothes in frigid winter temps at a logging camp in Minnesota
Local area resident talking about stories from logging camps as she remembers it. (click here)
Local Akeley historian Nils Kraemer swears there's a sled train at the bottom of 11th Crow Wing Lake - sunk when spring thaw came too early one year back around 1900.
Akeley lumber mill history by local historian Nils Kraemer for the Park Rapids Enterprise (click here).
Poling logs downstream (what kind of balance did these guys have? Freezing water dunks are no fun.)
Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan and his Big Blue Ox (PDF version) (click here)
Photo op in Akeley, MN with biggest Paul Bunyan statue in the world
