Administered by City of Gallup Downtown Development 110 West Aztec Avenue Gallup New Mexico 07301
Located City walkway, middle of block on Coal Avenue Gallup New Mexico
Date:
Ca. 1986-1987
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(Bottom of column, proper left:) W BEGAY signed
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Summary:
Four columns arranged in an L-shape and connected at the top by a round beam. Each column is brightly painted with different images. One column depicts galloping horses; another depicts a Navajo family, with a man, a woman holding a baby, and another woman seated, holding a pot. There is also a person on a horse. One column depicts a Hispanic family; and one column depicts a cityscape scene with a theater with a marquee that reads "HALLELUJAH TRAIL," and a locomotive. The top of the columns are painted with acrylic in rainbow hues, and the connecting beam is turquoise. There are painted pictographs on each column above the rainbow.
Topic:
History--United States--Westward Expansion Search this
