BIG GUST

Grantsburg is home to a legendary giant named Big Gust. He stood 7'-6" and weighed 360 pounds.  At the time of his death in 1926, he was village assessor and president of the Grants-burg Fire Department. His uniform and a gigantic crutch he used after an accident are in the Grantsburg museum. His gravestone in the Grantsburg cemetery simply reads BIG GUST.

Here Big Gust is show with an 'average' sized man.