Projects in Progress

Another feather in the Byway cap!

The Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway Association has redesigned its popular Birds of the Byway brochure.  Now featuring a perforated birds checklist attached to the main brochure, users no longer have to worry about a loose checklist slipping out of the brochure, but are still able to easily remove the checklist, if desired.

Rewarding connections with area schools

The Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway Association, like most organizations, has a variety of organizational objectives, but perhaps one of the most rewarding - students from kindergarten to high school are included in the Byway Association’s outreach.

Jenkins history gathering continues

 

Historical rendition of Paul Bunyan adorns Admin building, Crosslake Corps

It’s  four hundred sixty pounds of solid marble.  Four men battled gravity to lift the nearly twenty square foot rectangle of carved artwork to eye level and fasten it to the wall.

Stories of Family, Community Kept Alive in Jenkins

They were married in 1930, and in only eighteen years, the two grew by twelve kids.  The family had been in Jenkins since 1914, and all of these twelve kids, along with parents, grandparents and extended family are figures in the development of the City of Jenkins.

Him and His Pancakes

The Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway Association recently added a new source of Bunyan appeal to its collection of items in the Crosslake Campground Exhibit Room.

More Byway kiosk sites adopted by area Master Gardeners

The arrival of the spring gardening season holds a unique appeal for the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway Association.  For the past three years, representatives from the PBSBA have had the opportunity to present a sort of gardening ‘wish list’ to the Crow Wing County Master Gardeners.

Another Historic Endeavor

During the past couple of years, over a hundred years of settlement, livelihood and transportation history was collected from archives and interested Jenkins area residents who have direct memories and/or family ties to the stories.

Hometown History Comin' Round the Corner

On Valentine’s Day evening, members of the Jenkins City Council took a close look at something Jenkins History interpretive panel includes timeline, photos and 1913 village map.dear to their hearts…their hometown history.  A mock-up of the interpretive panel outlining the story of how the City of Jenkins developed from a simple fur trading post to the growing Byway community it is today was reviewed. 

Paul Bunyan to Promote Safe Boating

by Ray Nelson, USArmy Corp. of Engineers, Crosslake/Byway Association Liaison