Manhattan, Kansas - 30-Ft-Tall Johnny Kaw, Kansas Answer to Bunyan
- Address:
- Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, KS
- Directions:
- Downtown, on the southeast corner of City Park, facing Poyntz Ave.
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Manhattan, Kansas - Johnny Kaw Johnny Kaw is located in the Southeast corner of City Park
facing Poyntz Avenue in Manhattan, Kansas. He holds a scythe to harvest wheat.
You have him listed under Muffler Men as a "Paul Bunyan", but he was designed
as Johnny Kaw (a legendary character indigenous to Kansas) by one of the Kansas
State University's Art Department faculty, Tommy Tomash, sometime in the 1950's
(it is almost a self portrait). Johnny Kaw is about 30-35 feet tall and is
kept in good repair. There is also a great playground for small children just
to the west. [Eric Abraham, 03/19/2002]
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