Famous Characters

Choose a character from the options below to see a list of the folktales for that character.

Daniel Boone | Davy Crocket | Casey Jones | Ethan Allen
Febold Feboldson | God | Jesse James | Johnny Appleseed
Paul Bunyan | Pecos Bill | Sam Hyde

Daniel Boone

• Daniel's Dear
  How Daniel Boone met his wife. (North Carolina)

Davy Crockett

• Frozen Dawn
  Davy Crockett must unfreeze the dawn. (Tennessee)

Casey Jones

• Casey Jones
  Death of a dare devil railman. (Tennessee)

Ethan Allen

• Ethan Allen
  Ethan Allen gets a toothache.

Febold Feboldson

• Drought Buster
  Febold Feboldson busts a drought in Nebraska.

God

• Christmas Gift
  Why Florida's coast is plagued by hurricanes.

• Sinks
  Nevada rivers flow into a series of lakes with no outlets. So what happens to all that water? It sinks!

Jesse James

• Jesse James and the Widow
  Jesse James helps out a Missouri widow.

Johnny Appleseed

• Johnny Appleseed
  Johnny Appleseed rescues a town during the War of 1812.

Paul Bunyan

• Frozen Flames
  What do you do when the lanterns freeze? Call Paul Bunyan. (Michigan)

• The Log Jam
  Paul Bunyan and Babe clear a log jam in Wisconsin.

• Paul Bunyan's Kitchen
  It takes a lot of work to feed Paul Bunyan. (Oregon)

Pecos Bill

• Pecos Bill finds a Hard Outfit
  Pecos Bill seeks a hard outfit in New Mexico.

Sam Hyde

• Sam Hyde
  Old Sam Hyde tells a tall tale and earns himself a glass of cider.

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