Paul Bunyan - the mighty lumberjack

Bemidji's Paul Bunyan will be 75 next year.  The legend's statue was erected in 1937. Paul Bunyan is like family to Bemidji residents I grew up reading all the tall tales associated with the tough duo.   I hear by the paper that every event next year with be tied in with the 'year of the legend.'   This postcard is an early one as there are no trees behind Paul and Babe.  Presently, there are trees between him and the lake.  I think my best rememberance of Paul and Babe was when they recently repainted him.  A women wrote a letter to the editor in the Pioneer long after they where done painting him.  Her letter started with  "Hello, doesn't anyone realize the Babe had a black tuft on the end of his tail.  When are you going to finish the job and paint in his tuff."  Several months later a black tuff appears on Babe's tail.  The power of the people triumphs.