08-14-2021, 12:36 AM
A friend of mine was related to "Saginaw Joe".
Those French Canadians were always mixing it up with the natives back in the day. Perhaps Saginaw Joe had some of those giant genes in his blood line. My friend had normal teeth by the way.
Quote:Researcher D. Laurence Rogers and Juliana L'Heureux' suggested a connection between Paul Bunyan and the French-Canadian lumberjack Fabian Fournier. From 1865 to 1875, Fournier worked for the H. M. Loud Company near Grayling, Michigan.
Born in Quebec around 1845, Fournier went to Michigan after the Civil War. He was a large, strong man who was good with a double-bit axe. Fournier was said to be six feet tall and had large, powerful hands. Fournier was a true Michigan legend himself known by the nickname Saginaw Joe. He was large in stature and known to be an outstanding lumberjack. He also was said to have two sets of teeth, and was a tough guy willing to pick a fight. He eventually died in 1875 after a bar fight in Bay City Michigan.
Those French Canadians were always mixing it up with the natives back in the day. Perhaps Saginaw Joe had some of those giant genes in his blood line. My friend had normal teeth by the way.