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Johnny Kaw Statue

Manhattan, KS

The giant green Johnny Kaw figure represents a fictional Kansas folk hero invented in the 1950s as a regional answer to Paul Bunyan. His exaggerated legends involve shaping Kansas geography, fighting giant creatures, and performing impossible farm feats.

Filed under folklore: stories a place tells about itself, passed down and still repeated.

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Source: mhkprd.com

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