The legends of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox have been around since the 1800's. Historians believe that the tall tales are based on a couple of actual lumberjacks. The first stories made it into print in the early 1900's. The statues of Paul 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. He was covered with canvas and for two years he was trucked in parades throughout Minnesota. The exhaust from the truck came out his nose and his eyes lit up red when they stepped on the brakes. Babe returned to be cemented down beside his friend Paul. The two figures remain permanent symbols of Bemidji and it's most colorful era of logging and lumberjacks. This roadside attraction has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1988.

• Size: 10.5" X 16"
• 160 piece
• Made in MN, USA