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| Cows & Bulls (page 6) |
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| Giant Bull Wautoma, WI |
Elsie the Cow Elsie, MI |
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The Giant Bull in Wautoma is installed in front of the Silvercryst restaurant and motel.
Elsie the Cow stands outside the village hall in Elsie. Not to be confused with Borden's Elsie, the town was actually named after the first child born in the town when it was settled back in 1857. This statue was originally located at a dairy farm in town. |
| Giant Bull Denison, IA |
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| The Denison Bull represents Earl Marshall, a champion Angus steer. This statue was originally located in Sunset Park in Denison. It was moved here to the Crawford County Fairgrounds in 1982. |
| Giant Bull 2007 Eau Claire, WI |
Giant Bull 2011 Chippewa Falls, WI |
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| Giant Bull 2011 Chippewa Falls, WI |
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| The Eau Claire Bull was incorporated into the sign of Heckel's Family Restaurant. He wears a "cheesehead" hat typically worn by Green Bay Packers fans. By 2008, the Heckel's Eau Claire location had closed and the statue was moved to their Chippewa Falls location. There is also a fuzzy-coated bull on a trailer at that location. |
| Howard & Son Meatpacking Mercer, PA |
Sherwood Inn San Jose, CA |
Cromer's Abattoir Inman, SC |
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The Howard & Son Meatpacking bull could use some sprucing up.
The green Sherwood Inn bull is incorporated into their sign and has been here since at least the 1970s. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [photo thanks Mark Comstock] Cromer's Abattoir is another example of a steer-topped sign. |
| Worden's Meat Joplin, MO |
Riscky's Steakhouse Fort Worth, TX |
Cattlemen's Steakhouse Fort Worth, TX |
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The Worden's Meat building previously housed the Southtown Meat Co. This steer still remained on the pole next to the building in 2010.
Riscky's Steakhouse and the Cattlemen's Steakhouse are located in the historic Stockyards District. |
| Thomas & Sons Butcher Shop Sanford, NC |
Sabatos Prime Meats Belford, NJ |
Lee's Meat Market Milton, FL |
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| The steers at Thomas & Sons Butcher Shop, Sabatos Prime Meats, and Lee's Meat Market are installed on the roofs of their buildings. The steer at Lee's appears to have been vandalized by Milton High School students. For more, see this website. |
| Readfield Meats & Deli Bryan, TX |
Taylor Cold Storage Taylor, TX |
White Bull Hays, KS |
abandoned steer Friars Point, MS |
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The Readfield Meats & Deli sign looks like it was designed to be used with this statue.
The second bull above is located in front of Taylor Cold Storage. This White Bull is installed at the Schumacher Trust Charolais Ranch. This abandoned steer has no business below him or sign of a nearby farm. |
| Hilltop Steakhouse Saugus, MA |
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| The Hilltop Steakhouse has about ten fiberglass bulls grazing in front of their restaurant. During the Christmas season, Santa hats are put on the statues. The restaurant is also well-known for its giant cactus sign. For more, see their website. |
| Moe's Diner Osseo, WI |
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| The Moe's Diner bull watches the interstate traffic from the top of the restaurant's sign. Moe's Diner also has a Giant Rooster. |
| Randy's Roadhouse BBQ Onsted, MI |
Giant Bull Chicago Heights, IL |
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Randy's Roadhouse BBQ features this rooftop bull in a derby and green bandana. The bull was there in 2005 when the building housed the Golden Nugget Saloon.
This Chicago Heights Giant Bull once stood on top of the "La Vaquita Restaurant" which is now gone. The bull now stands in an empty lot. Between 2006 (first two photos) and 2009 (other photos), not much had changed except for the addition of the advertising banner. |
| Mr. Happy Burger West Logansport, IN |
Mr. Happy Burger East Logansport, IN |
Krekel's Custard Mount Zion, IL |
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Both of these Mr. Happy Burger locations, at opposite ends of town, feature bib-wearing Giant Bull statues. The Mr. Happy Burger Bull East does not have a chef's hat or the tongue. I don't know if he ever did. These statues are about 12 feet tall and were installed in the late 1970s. I wonder if these Mr. Happy Burgers were ever related to the one in Elwood, IN.
This Krekel's Custard location features a cow on the roof. The statue was left here by the previous restaurant that occupied the building. This location also features a Chicken Mobile. Krekel's has been around since the 1950s and has about five other locations in the area. For more, see this website. |
| Bonanza Steakhouse Lincoln, IL |
Bob's Roast Beef Lincoln, IL |
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| There are two giant bulls in Lincoln, IL: at the Bonanza Steakhouse and at Bob's Roast Beef. They are obviously from the same mold as the Golden Nugget and Chicago Heights bulls described above. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Ray's Butcher Shop Cartersville, GA |
Ferme Rodrigue Fournier Saint-Simon, QC |
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Ray's Butcher Shop features this approximately life-sized bull.
This Saint-Simon Bull is installed at a farm. |
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