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Memorial to the Start Westward of the Nation

Artist

John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum

Description:

The sculpture is apart of the monument which also includes 4 obelisks and a landing on the Muskingham River. It consists of three standing men atop a rock, with a rowboat, 2 men and a woman behind them.They represent the first landing of the pioneers and the beginnings of westward... Read more

The sculpture is apart of the monument which also includes 4 obelisks and a landing on the Muskingham River. It consists of three standing men atop a rock, with a rowboat, 2 men and a woman behind them.They represent the first landing of the pioneers and the beginnings of westward expansion beyond Allegheny.The grouping depicts several figures in eighteenth-century dress. Two figures look toward the new lands of the west while the other looks toward the land left behind. The middle figure's head was broken in 1961 and subsequently replaced. Erected in 1938 as part of the 150th anniversary of the Ordinance of 1787 and the opening of the Northwest Territory by the Federal Commission establihed to organize the celebration. Erected on the site where Arthur St. Claire was inaugurated as the first governor of the Northwest Territory.

Dates

Made: 1938

Plaque Text

"Memorial to the start westward this group of revolutionary and pioneer figures represent the start of American Government west of the thirteen original states"

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Memorial to the Start Westward of the Nation
Memorial to the Start Westward of the Nation
Memorial to the Start Westward of the Nation
Memorial to the Start Westward of the Nation
Memorial to the Start Westward of the Nation
Memorial to the Start Westward of the Nation
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Sculpture
Address:

Scammel and Putnam Streets
Marietta, OH 45750
Washington County

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