Administered by City of Austin Parks & Recreation Department 200 South Lamar Boulevard, P. O. Box 1088 Austin Texas 78767
Located West of Texas State Capitol grounds, on West 11th Street, between Lavaca & Colorado Streets Austin Texas
Date:
1938
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Austin survey, 1993.
Summary:
Granite stele with bronze relief plaque depicting scenes from the history of Texas, and below that an inscription plaque. Included in the relief are four oil wells, an airplane, the Texas state capitol building, and a cowboy lassoing a steer. Also shown is a frontier couple with ox-driven plow, and a pioneer man standing with rifle behind his seated wife nursing a baby, and a covered wagon. The relief's decorative border includes panels depicting in the upper left corner, a sailing ship; in the upper right corner, medical symbols; in the lower right corner a book; and in the lower left corner a wheel with wings. Also seen in the decorative border is a woman sowing seeds and a blacksmith, fruits, vegetables, nuts and plants. The stele is mounted on a concrete base, with five steps.
