World's Largest Bo Pilgrim Head

Trip Start Nov 25, 2008
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Trip End Dec 03, 2008


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Monday, December 1, 2008

"Bo" Pilgrim and his brother Aubrey, founded Pilgrim's Pride in 1946 with a small feed store in the small town of Pittsburg, Texas.  Bo expanded his successful poultry company to eventually distribute food products around the world.  He capitalized on his last name with the signature hat, a successful marketing gimmick that he famously wore to all events and functions.

Something possessed Bo to erect a giant memorial to himself in front of the Pilgrim's Pride headquarters in Pittsburg.  The Giant Bo Pilgrim Head is 37-feet tall.  We figure it must be the World's Largest Bo Pilgrim Head. 

In 1902, Burrell Cannon, a Baptist preacher-inventor, built an airship based on a description in the Biblical Book of Ezekiel. The craft was said to have flown briefly in Pittsburg, allegedly beating the Wright Brothers by a year.  The "Ezekiel Airship" was destroyed in rail accident on its way to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. There's a historical marker at the original Pittsburg Foundry site, on Fulton Street, and a full-sized replica displayed at the Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Depot & Museum.  We visited the museum, but it was closed.  We'll plan to see it and Bo Pilgrim's home, Cluckingham Palace, when we next visit Pittsburg, Texas as we go Round America.


See our Pittsburg Texas Sightseeing Photos


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