Coadministered by Pimeria Alta Historical Society 136 North Grand Avenue, P. O. Box 2281 Nogales Arizona 85628
Located Chamber of Commerce Kino Park Corner of Grand Avenue & Patagonia Highway Nogales Arizona
Date:
Ca 1968. Dedicated June 11, 1968
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(On proper left base:) R. Humes (On plaque on front of base, raised:) PADRE/EUSEBIO FRANCISCO/KINO SJ/FOUNDER OF MISSIONS/MAN OF GOD/PIONEER EXPLORER/ASTRONOMER/RANCHER TEACHER/CARTOGRAPHER/1645-1711 (On plaque on proper right of the figure, incised:) SAN IGNACIO (On plaque at the back of base, raised:) PADRE KINO FOUNDED 27/MISSIONS & VISTAS. HE/MADE 40 EXPEDITIONS INTO/THE PEMERIA ALTA, BAJA &/CALIFORNIA./FIRST VISITED THE VILLAGE/OF TUMACACORI IN 1691 &/PASSED THIS SPOT MANY/TIMES ENROUTE TO OR FROM/MAGDELENA WHERE HE NOW/RESTS./DEDICATED JUNE 11, 1968/RALPH HAMILTON HUMES, SCULPTOR/CIVIC PROJECT OF THE CITIZENS/OF NOGALES & SANTA CRUZ COUNTY/ERECTED BY THE ARIZONA STATE HIGHWAY DEPT. (On plaque on east side of base, incised:) SAN XAVIER signed
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Summary:
Standing figure of Father Kino, dressed in Franciscan robes with a hat and a cross around his neck. He wears boots with curled toes and has a fringed belt and rosary. Proper right hand holds a staff which the end rests on the base. Proper left hand holds a rolled plan or view of Tumacacori. Two plaques attached to base show bas-relief plans of San Ignacio and San Xavier del Bac, the other two missions he founded.
