In the 20th century, as road travel became the predominant way of going from point a to point b, roadside “attention getters” flourished, including the fiberglass “Muffler Men” popularized by International Fiberglass of Venice, California, in the 1960s. One Bunyan giant, originally intended for a client in Sacramento, was instead bought by H.A. Stephens for approximately $1900 after that sale fell through. Stephens flew to Venice to purchase the giant in three parts, and a fourth part, the hot dog, was created afterward for him. He used it as an attention getter for Bunyon's, the hot dog and food stand he built himself in Cicero, Illinois, choosing the name Bunyon's by changing the “a” to an “o” to avoid potential copyright infringement from the Paul Bunyan Cafe in Arizona. The giant first stood on top of Bunyon's until a city ordinance required it to be moved off the roof, after which it was placed by the front door. When Bunyon's closed in 2002 and the new building owner did not want the giant, John and Lenore Weiss of the Illinois Route 66 Association successfully proposed to the Stephens family that this Route 66 icon remain on the road. The Bunyon Giant now resides in Atlanta on loan from the Stephens family, right on Route 66.