Coadministered by Dale County Historical Society Box 86 Ozark Alabama 36360
Coadministered by State of Alabama Conservation Department Alabama
Administered by Dale County Lake Ozark Alabama
Date:
1976
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.
Image on file.
J. B. Bond (On plaque below relief 1:) SAM DALE (1772-1841)-INDIAN TRADER-WAGONER/SCOUT AND INDIAN-TRADER, HE EXPLORED ALABAMA WILDERNESS, WAS CALLED/BIG SAM "THOLOCCO" BY THE INDIANS LATER LED SETTLERS FROM GEORGIA/TO LANDS IN TOMBIGBEE ALABAMA RIVER BASINS (On plaque below relief 2:) HON. SAMUEL DALE-DISPATCH RIDER-LEGISLATOR/RIDER WHO DELIVERED DISPATCHES TO GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON DURING BATTLE/OF NEW ORLEANS, JANUARY 8, 1814, MEMBER OF ALABAMA LEGISLATURE WHO/WAS HONORED BY HAVING DALE COUNTY NAMED FOR HIM, DECEMBER 22, 1894 signed
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Summary:
Three bas-reliefs illustrate scenes in the life of Samuel Dale. In one relief, Dale is seen leading a pioneer family of a couple and a baby into Alabama. Dale wears a buckskin outfit and raccoon hat and the group walks single file by an ox-drawn wagon. The second relief shows Dale riding a horse running across a battlefield. The final relief depicts Dale and others fighting Indians from a boat. Each relief is set into its own wall.
