This is how the Paul Bunyan Museum appeared in the 1950′s as one was approaching Baldwin, Michigan, from the south on M-37. There was either a sign or a large picture of Paul just outside the museum. The one to your right could well have been it. Now that sign is in front of an antiques mall but in its day the museum was flooded with tourists.
Even though most associate Minnesota with being the home state of the lumberman, Michigan also lays claim to that honor. Maybe we could get Babe the Blue Ox to settle the issue.
Going north on M-37, the museum was just off the road to your left. Maybe some of our readers know when it officially opened and then again when it shut down operation for good. Also who owned it initially? I would think something like that museum would only add to the Baldwin area’s other tourist attractions such as The Shrine of the Pines.
The museum no longer existed when I began taking Boys Clubs of America trips up to our property in the 1970′s. It sure would have been on of our stops on our journey to the Big Bass Lake area. If anyone has any other information on this museum, please leave us a comment with your thoughts.
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Mike Reynolds
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