A LUMBERMAN'S LEGACY Bangor's Paul Bunyan celebrates 50-year anniversary

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME | January 24, 2009| | Copyright

He looms 37 feet over Main Street, inanimate yet full of life: a smiling, bearded, flannel shirt-wearing behemoth with a peavey in his left hand and an ax slung over his right shoulder.

Part city guardian, part tourist trap, the statue of Paul Bunyan is as indelible an image as Bangor has, a constant reminder of the Queen City's history as the one-time lumber capital of the world.

"Some people say he's schmaltzy and he doesn't belong," Bangor Mayor Gerry Palmer said recently. "But he's still the most photographed site in the entire city. And you know what? He's ours."

For Bunyan, though, who ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Redbrick with separate mews in Kilmainham
Newspaper article from: The Irish Times ; ...bay-fronted, Victorian redbrick is at the Kilmainham end of the road and comes to the market with...well located. It's close to both Rialto and Kilmainham villages, Kilmainham Gaol and IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art...
Plea to save the 'sacred' court at Kilmainham.
Magazine article from: Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) ; THE old courthouse at Kilmainham should be annexed as part of the historic Kilmainham Jail rather than letting it fall into further...should be maintained as part of the museum. "Kilmainham Jail is now a fabulous museum which is a must...
Kilmainham last phase commences.(PROPERTY)
Magazine article from: Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) ; ...Power THE final phase of development at Dublin's EU200m Kilmainham Square has now commenced with a 6,052sqm office building...apartments selling out on the day of the launch. The Hilton Dublin Kilmainham is due to open in January 2007 -- offering 120 bedrooms...
First we take Kilmainham, then we take Dublin.
Magazine article from: Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) ; First we take Kilmainham, then we take Dublin Politicians are wonderful people, I always...Real Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, at the concert at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Bertie was in the company of various members of the Drumcondra...
The esteemed Margaret McCurtain at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham where she received a D. Litt. from the National University of Ireland.(Brief article)(Photograph)
Magazine article from: Irish Literary Supplement ; The esteemed Margaret McCurtain at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham where she received a D. Litt. from the National University of Ireland from the chancellor, Garret FitzGerald, September 20, 2007. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Arts: OPERA - THE EMPEROR OF ATLANTIS Kilmainham Gaol Museum Dublin
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London ; ...McGilloway and Eamonn Mulhall, was disturbingly beautiful, as was the final chorale. The setting of the internal court of Kilmainham Gaol - redolent of the suffering of the 1916 insurrectionists - proved a superb natural auditorium. Moreover, the court...
LATE entries for tonight's St James's Hospital Liberties 6.5km Fun Run will be taken between 5pm and 7.15pm at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham -- or until the race limit of 500 entries is reached.
Newspaper article from: Evening Herald (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) ; ...will be taken between 5pm and 7.15pm at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham -- or until the race limit of 500 entries is reached. The...Street before returning to the finish at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Entry fee is '20 ('10 juniors/students), with all...
The nation honours its fallen war heroes; Old enemies: British Army veteran Michael Keaney, left,;former Irish Army man Conor Swords Attention: Old soldiers salute their fallen comrades at Kilmainham.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) ; ...Bertie Ahern paid their respects toIreland's fallen heroes yesterday. The annual commemoration at the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham honours Irish menand women who died in wars or in service with the United Nations. Mrs McAleese and Mr Ahern were accompanied...
Charles Stewart Parnell (Irish nationalist and Home Rule MP, 1846--1891) had a 10-year affair with Katharine O'Shea, wife of fellow Home Rule MP William O'Shea. This letter was written when Parnell was imprisoned in Kilmainham Gaol and Katharine was pregnant. My Own Dearest Wifie,.
Magazine article from: Evening Herald (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) ; My Own Dearest Wifie, I have found a means of communicating with you, and of your communicating in return. Please put your letters into enclosed envelope, first putting them in an inner envelope, on the joining of which you can write your initials with a similar pencil to mine, and they will reach
Shares plunge as rescue plans fail; (1) NEW YORK Sinking hopes: A worried trader on Wall Street yesterday (2) Action: Brian Cowen meets singer and campaigner Annie Lennox at the Global Forum on Children Affected By HIV and Aids, at the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham yesterday.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) ; Byline: Aiden Corkery THE desperate bid by Finance Minister Brian Lenihan and his foreign counterparts to restore confidence in the banking system failed spectacularly yesterday. Instead of bringing calm to febrile worldwide stock markets, ?5billion was wiped off the value of the Irish market

Find more facts and information related to the article "A LUMBERMAN'S LEGACY Bangor's Paul Bunyan ..."