Whether he was real or not is up for debate, but the character of Paul Bunyan found in the backwoods folklore of America is one of superhuman strength, skill, and size, and the man may have been born and raised right here in Oscoda. In 1906, the Oscoda Press published a collection of stories about Paul Bunyan, the first time the tall tales were put in print, and the following year the state of Michigan named Oscoda the “Official Home of Paul Bunyan”.