The stories surrounding Pecos Bill are too good to be true... so are they? I will explore all of that and more as we continue to dissect American Folklore for facts, fiction, and fun! Cheers.

Sources:

Century Magazine Article

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015030934122&view=1up&seq=845

Pecos Bill Video(viewer discretion advised)

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xyo5ko

Pecos Bill: An Appraisal

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1497281

Current Folklore Theories

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2739820