Created by Mr. Johnson

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Tall Tales Folk Heroes

• Created by Mr. Johnson

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Molly Pitcher
Brought water to soldiers Cleaning cannons for
rapid fire Resources Video on Molly
Pitcher Carlisles Molly Pitcher Molly Pitcher on
Wikipedia
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Johnny Appleseed
Missionary Conservationist Apple tree
nurseries Resources The Story of Johnny
Appleseed Johnny Appleseed in Harpers Weekly
(1871) Johnny Appleseed for Kids
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Paul Bunyan
Mythical lumberjack Babe the Blue
Ox Resources Paul Bunyan for Kids Is Bunyan a
Fraud? Flapjack Frenzy Paul Bunyan Logging Camp
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Davy Crockett
King of the Wild Frontier Tennessee
Congressman Killed at Battle of the
Alamo Resources Congressional Biography Davy
Crockett Biography Crockett Popular Culture
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Pecos Bill
Superhuman feats Explains the wonders of the wild
west Resources Pecos Bill Stories Pecos Bill for
Kids Pecos Bill on Wikipedia
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Annie Oakley
Little Miss Sure Shot Sideshow Act Buffalo
Bills Wild West Resources Annie Oakley
Biography Oakley Truth vs. Fiction Video
Pictures of Oakley in Action
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Calamity Jane
Frontier woman Scout Buffalo Bills Wild
West Resources Digital Deadwood Biography from
Women in History
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Uncle Remus Stories
Brer brother Trickster tales/slave
dialect Controversial today Resources Brer
Rabbit Stories Uncle Remus from Wikipedia
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John Henry

• Railroad spikes
• Man vs. machine
• Henry wins, but dies
• Resources
• The Story of John Henry
• Present at the Creation
• Lyrics to The Legend of John Henrys Hammer

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The Legend of John Henry's Hammer
Performed by Johnny Cash From the album At
Folsom Prison More info from NPR