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If you grew up in America, it's a good bet you've been raised on a great stories compendium. You know: Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleed, Buffalo Bill, guys like that. But, although America likes their rough and difficult mountain men, as evidenced by the power of staying of these guys-if you go down in local weeds, you will discover a much richer and diverse folk pantheon.

From time to time, these stories, like the history of the civil war of a rebellious slave, have become legends because they inspired a feeling of hope. But, in some cases, morality is less cut and dried; These characters, like the pirate who stole from the merchants before winning the war or 1812 for us, can be painted as two heroesand Villains. And the lines are even more fuzzy, depending on where you are in the country. So here, ranging from tales actually rooted to the so-absurd sons they just comehave To make believe, let us introduce the most remedied folk heroes that each state has to offer. And for more information on stories, each state has retained alive for generations, do not missThe strangest urban legend in each state.

The ballads of John Henry, an African-American man born in the era of reconstruction, represent him as an eyeworm worker with a strong immense force with a steam engine to cut a rail tunnel on the side of a Mountain. According to the legend, John Henry beat the engine, but died shortly after. But like theNew York TimesReports, there is tenuous evidence that this mythical man could have existed. And for more people who certainly did not exist, check the50 famous people who never existed.

Intended for a life of eternal wandering, Kiviuq is aInuit heroes Venerated among the natives of Alaska, Canada and Greenland for its incomparable compassion, as well as its incredible capacity to get rid of all kinds of marine monsters. And for more things on the last border, discover why juneau is one of the13 Airport pilots hate flying.

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Wild Bill was resounding the best shot of the West, credited with a gunning on 100 "Badmen" during his time as a West West Vigilant.According to Wild West Magazine, even General George Armstrong Custer admitted that Wild Bill was a man "whose skill in the use of the rifle and the pistol was unacceptable." It is quite fleeing one of the main military leaders of our country. And if you do not remember that the WHO Custer was, you might need to brush the20 US civic courses you have forgotten.

The historical natural state song, "Arkansas Traveler", is mainly an incarnation of the Hospitality of the Arkansas 'Good' Ole Ole Southern. So-called, the song is rooted in one of theColonel Sanford Faulkner's experiences. Like Faulkner walked in the woods, he fell on a cabin in the woods. An unnamed man lived inside. After a certain banner, the guy welcomed Faulkner in his house, gave colonel a violin and lo, a legendary melody born.

Often announced as the founder of California, John A. Sutter has actually owned the land in California where the gold was first discovered happily in 1848, striking the rush to the gold of the nation. But in a cruel twist of destiny, the tourbillon of the gold research has left the old bankruptcy of the rich man, because all his workers have abandoned his fort to the pursuit of wealth.

A legendary emblematic border that helped to push America to adopt manifest destiny, one of the most notable achievements of Kit Carson successfully guided Explorer John C. Fremont throughout the field of Colorado, then later in Northwestern Pacific. The feats of Carson have been touted to a kind of celebrity status by theDime naves, Movies and television programs based on his life.

Whalley and Goffe were a pair of puritan judges who participated in the punishment King Charles I at the execution of the behead. The pair ran away until the new haven of peace when Charles II, the son of the king executed, rose on the throne and threatening the retribution of his father. At first, both have lived freely in the colony of Connecticut, but when they realized that Charles II had sent soldiers to pick them up, Whalley and Goffe hid in the mountains caves near New Haven. The legend has it that, for years, the settlers would occasionally be a former white bearded man (probably one of the exiled judges) among the mountains on the edge of the colony.

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The evidence of Tom Christ's history, a young pirate receiver, is questionable at best. But so-called, Captain William Kidd, a pirate who ransacked New England Coast, landed in Delaware Bay in 1699. Kidd would have buried a box in the sand dunes of Cape Henlopen before quickly sailing, Which allows his insole Tom Christ, a young boy from the region, to attend the whole scene. After the pirate ship had sailed away, Christ quickly dug the box, the discovery of gold and private papers of the pirate. In a way, these documents lent enough information on Kidd's aisles and coming for Christ to inform the authorities on the upcoming plans of Kidd and finally lead to the capture of Kidd, Tom Christ landing a reputation. Young hero. And speaking of pirates, knowing what state becomes obsessed by them every summer by learningThe summer tradition Weird is in the state each.

Juan Ponce de Leon was the Spanish explorer credited of foot the first on the coast which would later be known as Florida. He was also the guy who regularly has the hopes of everyone the possibility of immortality with still futile searches for the Fountain of Youth.

Rabbit Ber: The tiny but intelligent wooden creature who constantly his fellows (Ber Fox, Ber Wolf and Bear) breaked by deceiving them at each landing tower them in the roseant patch and other pungent situations.

Appearing in Disney's popular film,Moana, Maui is more than Hollywood Concectment. It is a real Hawaiian legend, a half-god filled with a magical and super force hook that, among other exploits, hitched in the sun.

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Described as a "rifle crack," the windings on Carl Buck's ability to make impressive prowess with a rifle, like shooting success between the legs of a bird floating 50 yards from there, personify respect From the West to the man-shooting at the classic target. And for more amazing stories, do not miss the33 common myths We are all obsessed with.

Perhaps one of the most infamous popular heroes, the pewter pot wearing a hat, seedling appleed, sweet Johnny Appleed is a legend of many states would like the claim, but Illinois has one of the strongest claims, Due to the fact that the actual life man, John Chapman, planted several nurseries of apple trees (yes, hemade In fact, keep the seeds he planted) in the state of Illinois.

At the end of a story finally aimed at promoting the hardiness of the workers of the career, the "sissy" one would have giant eight feet, entered one of the neighboring cities of the County Hardscrapple Career of Roche on the back of two panthers, Training great felines with a lifette bell snake as a whip. The sissy melancholy reported to the frightened inhabitants that he was ejected from careers to be too much of a wet hen. The essence of history? Career workers are the most difficult of hard.

One of the few women of his time to leave a durable brand in history books, the best part of Kate Shelley's story is that it is absolutely true. One night in 1881, has heard a horrible herlley sanding sound, aged 15 comes from the railway and outdoors to discover Ran out of breath that the neighboring bridge was collapsed, taking a train with her. Realizing that another train had to cross the bridge that same night, Shelley sprinted to the nearest train station to inform the Master of the station that the bridge had been demolished, in time just enough for him to alert the train coming reverse. Needless to say, Shelley's quick thought and courageous actions made him a hero throughout the state.

As if hunting and killing more than 4,000 buffaloes to power the railway construction teams were not enough, Buffalo Bill started his trip Wild West Show (featuring Annie Oakley) who really cemented his status as a Legend Frontiersman . His popular hero heritage has also been propelled along the sales of the "Buffalo Bill"dime-novels, which have been vaguely based on the man of real life.

A famous outdoor amateur and war hero, Boone is cataloged in history as one of the main actors involved in the settlement of the Bluegrass State, especially flamboyantWilderness Road From Virginia to Kentucky.

Jean Lafitte was marked among the most heroic nationandMost piracy days of the nineteenth century in the nineteenth century, according to which you asked. With a strategic rotation in the Gulf of Mexico and a secret warehouse created in New Orleans, Lafitte piped many vessels of an unatigated merchant, obviously putting him from the wrong side of the law. That said, when the war of 1812 rolled, Lafitte and his fleet of pirate have put all hands on the bridge in support of the United States Naval Force during the Battle of New Orleans, and some historians postulate That America would have been difficult to win war without the help of the pirate.

Reminded through the ages by Henry Wadsworth from Longfellow's Eponymouspoem, Evangeline was a condemned heroin, an Acadian girl in Lovestruck who, after being separated from his lover during the expulsion of the Acadians, appearing among the strange wooded lands of New England (believer, specifically, in a desperate attempt. to be gathered with the man she loved. And for more of our favorite love poems, checkThe 20 most romantic poems of all time.

A legend arising from the African-American community in the middle of the civil war, the story of Big Liz is that of a servo girl in the Maryland who secretly worked as a Yankee spy. His master suspected led her deep into the woods one night, allegedly burying a box of treasure, he did not want the Union's army to have a hand. Suddenly, the master turned the shovel on the girl, burying Great Liz living - but it was not the end of his story. As the legend did, the spirit of Big Liz was too ferocious to die so easily. The ghost of the girl is supposed to follow her returning master at home, where she skilfully gave up her neck, to the service of justice and dating back her reputation as folk hero.

Want "old storms" for a brief, this gigantic sailor has been the subject of many high nautical tales of England. Among the other exploits, he is credited to fight against the mythical Kraken during a trip that took him near the coast of South America.

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One of the two women only to receive theKEARNY CROSS Medal of Honor, the combat lugs known as "Michigan Annie" were a hardened nurse who provided immediate medical care to wounded soldiers, often striking at the center of civil war battles.

No doubt the most venetrated folk hero of everything, legendre Lumberjack Paul Bunyan (and baby, his blue beef confidence) is affectionately among the Mid West as a man of large myths that could roll from his sleeves and shoot down whole forests and Create entire lakes (like the sound of Puget), everything in a day of work.

One of Mark Twain's recruiting literary creations, the fictional character Huck Finn, a boy from Ragamuffin who binds a friendship a fleeing slave, is loved among the natives of Mississippi for his bankruptcy representation from southern America From the nineteenth century, without mentioning the clarity of the boy in the sight of African Americans as real people, a perception not shared by many in the era of the civil war. And while we are on the subject of the titan literary, dare on the30 Mark Twain One-Linders always relevant today.

Jesse James: outlaw or hero? Well, it depends on how you look at it. Some affirmed that his murders and his flights were a kind of twisted compensation for the abuse of his family in the hands of Union's soldiers during the civil war. Whatever the case, the exploits of James, bloody and horrible, although they are bold enough to make him shudder with a hue of fear for many years.

Probably recognized in the modern era of its representation in theNight at the museum Films, General George Armstrong Custer was one of America's most experienced and valorist military generals. His most infamous battle in Little Bighorn in Montana, where he and all the Cavalry Regiment under his command were perished, is now commemorated as "the last stand of custer".

The tales surrounding this guy are even more bizarre than his name. Subjecting capable of controlling the weather, Folker Folker Feboldson's hero might suppose cutting fog and cyclones with his bare hands.

ESA, or the wolf, is recognized by several Native American tribes like the creative god, often charged with preventing his irresponsible brother, coyote, to sow meshaps and conflict between the tribes.

The leader of the pennacook tribe, Passaconaway was rumored to possess mysterious powers, including the ability to burn water, revitalize dead vegetation and bring back dead snakes to life (although we did not know why this would be necessary). No doubt, the most weird rumor about Passaconaway is that at his death, he climbed on the sky at the top of a sled by wild wolves.

This revolutionary war woman was as intrepid as any man, then some. The legend has Molly Pitcher walked on the battlefield to deliver water launchers to the soldiers and even helped operate a barrel during the Battle of Monmouth.

The legend of Pavla Blanca is the tragic story of a fiancée woman who undertook to find her lost lover, a beautiful Spanish conquistador who disappeared after her business was ambushed by the Apache tribe. Pavla Blanca died somewhere along the great white sand of New Mexico when looking for his lover. His ghost has said to browse the sands to date, to immortalize his lost young love story forever.

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So-called, New Yorkers Abner Cartwright and Alexander DoubleDay were responsible for the invention of America's favorite hobby (it's baseball, in case you were not sure). But, according to theFolklore company of New York, The achievements attributed to these two men actually represent a false classic posthumous statement of their lives. In reality, none of the two men has probably played a major role in getting sport on the ground and their association with the game is considered a practical joke elaborated from one of their mutual friends. Nevertheless, when a conversation rolls towards the origins of baseball, these two names of men have always inevitably dropped. And for more information on baseball, discover why it ranks among the30 the most dangerous summer activities.

Considered as a 19th-century Carolinian Robin North Robin, Henry Berry Lowry would have been an Native American descent and the objectives of the Confederation did not make it too well with him. When Confederation's conscription agents came to town, Lowry took on the woods, joining and finally becoming the leader of a group that set up several attacks on Confederate soldiers.

Always remember in history books for his vital role in the expedition of Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea was, for those of you who might not remember, a bilingualNative American woman Who guided both expeditions through the Rocky Mountains, to the end of the Pacific Ocean. The most impressive part? She opened the way through the incredulous land of Western America while carrying and practicing her newborn.

Invented the king of the river, Mike Fink was a superior boat boat that could hit with the best of them and, as the story goes, sometimes overfurnited even businessmen, flying at once from the money and whiskey. Among the talents rented by Fink, it was the ability to pull cups from whiskey from his friends.

The interpretation of Paul Bunyan's Oklahoma, Kemp Morgan was a nonsense oil drilling man with a strange gift: the ability to sniff, with arranged precision, oil tanks located kilometers and miles underground. And for strange American trivia,See the top term on the slang of each American state.

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A wooded giant of a man, Jumbo Reilly was widely regarded as the most intense barrage of Portland. Although the bar where Jumbo worked was both counted to be the longest in the world, he had an enthusiastic eye and a talent to find even the most emitted naughty who tried to sneak through a side door.

The iteration of Paul Bunyan and John Henry of Steelworker and John Henry, Joe Magarac would have been an original Pittsburgh who could better shape and fold steel better than any other man. In some particularly exaggerated crosslinks, Magarac is actually described as fully made of steel itself.

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In a vein similar to Davy Crockett, she was a real person who took a kind of legendary form, Elleanor Eldridge is considered a folk hero ofAfrican American feminism.Performance celebrated by the memoirs of his life written by Francis Whipple, Eldridge was an African-American and unique African-American woman in the nineteenth century providence, who found himself involved in an intense legal battle for his legitimate property. The commemoration of Whipple of Eldridge's life made an icon for subsequent uprisings against racism and sexism over the coming decades.

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In the mid-nineteenth century, stench and composer Stephen Foster wrote the song "Old Black Joe", remining to his infant friendship with a former old-eyed old slave. The song has become immensely popular and, according to theCedar Swamp History Society Collection, The sincere words of Foster are considered "the first to raise the dignity of the black slave".

A wet western wet woman, Calamity Jane was a legend of South Dakota for her admirable fist precision and a hard-nail attitude.

The Tennessee Congress Davy Crockett was raised to the legendary status by the folktals that abounded from its upper border. These have been helped by the fact that he died the death of a martyr by defending the freedom of Texas in the infamous fault of Alamo.

Pecos Bill: The Southwestern Cowboy who was supposed to become a family of pioneers of Texas and, among a myriad of other high stories, was raised by wild coyotes, traversed on the back of a mountain lion and tornadoes laundry His free time.

A legend figure to those of the two and from outside the Mormon Faith, Brigham Young is one of the members of the pillar of the Church of Jesus Christ of this last day. Young is recognized in particular for his instrumental role in the migration of the majority of the religious group (about 16,000 people) from Illinois to Utah in the mid-nineteenth century.

Stored by a massive statue on the steps of the Vermont State Capitol, Frontiersman Ethan Allen served as head of the green boys militia in the eighteenth century, fighting against the favorite taxes the Gourmand Governor of New York was imposing on landowners Vermont. Later, Allen played a vital role in the revolutionary war, serving as commander of the Commonwealth Armed Forces of Vermont.

Although Disney'sPocahontas Romanticism A lot of details of John Smith's life, the fact remains that this Hardy explorer played an extremely important role in creating America's very first colony in Jamestown, Virginia, who helped maintain positive relationships with The Native American tribes nearby. And for more things about the truth of John Smith's relationship and pocahontas, do not miss30 Obsolete history lessons that will make you fear in 2018.

A more modern "hero", the bizarre Willie Willey is almost a figure bigger than life, a mountain man who settled in Spokane in the early twentieth century and built a whole reputation for her clothing disgust ( Often seen vaphed only in a pair of Kaki shorts) and his free homelessness. He was so loved by the people of Spokane who, after having been dead, the rock seen in the photo above was baptized after him.

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Often associated with (and sometimes claimed to be parents at) Paul Bunyan, the height of Tale Hero Tony Beaver was known to attend the woods near the Eel River with two oxen of his own, named Hannibal and Goliath.

Although the Wisconsinites fight the tooth and the nail to claim Paul Bunyan as their own, they also claim Johnny Inklinger, the guardian of the highly effective Bunyan recording (known to save time never crossing "T" or To poise a "i '), supposedly also invented the feather of the fountain.

A member of the famous expedition of Lewis and Clark, John Colter is venerated as one of the first mountain men of the nation, the rumor of having already exceeded an entire hunting part of the Blackfeet-Tribe tribe through the rocks And the cacti in his bare feet.

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