Sculpture: Cor-Ten steel, machined, hot forged and welded, sandblasted, primed and painted; Base: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Longmont Longmont Council for the Arts 350 Kimbark Street Longmont Colorado 80501
Located Longmont Public Library Fourth & Emory Longmont Colorado 80501
Date:
Commissioned 1992. Dedicated July 19, 1993
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado survey, 1994.
Summary:
An archway with historical scenes and figures from Longmont, Colorado from 1871 to 1910, along its top, supported by three beams. Included, from left to right, are: Seth Terry, one of the original surveyors marking the edge of the town with a wild animal horn; benefactress Elizabeth Thompson standing next to Library Hall; a Colorado Central Railroad locomotive bringing in colonists; J. H. Empson stirring currant jelly in his silver kettle; J. Empson, his daughter Cannery and Lida Empson on top of a building; a migrant farm worker bringing a sugar beet on a wagon to the sugar factory; two women with a large pie for Pumpkin Pie Days; the colony office; and surveyor, Mr. Fawcett marking the other edge of town with a wild animal horn.
Topic:
History--United States--Westward Expansion Search this
