Agriculture, (sculpture).

Agriculture, (sculpture).

Njos, David, sculptor.

Agriculture, (sculpture).

Installed July 1, 1987.; Dedicated July 4, 1987.

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Iron sculpture on a concrete, brick and stone base with three black granite plaques.

Sculpture: approx. H. 26 ft. D. 6 ft.; Base: approx. 10 1/2 x 20 x 20 ft.

(Front base:) AGRICULTURE/ON THIS DAY, JULY 4, 1987, IN THIS YEAR OF OUR CITY'S/CENTENNIAL, WE THE PEOPLE OF WILLISTON DEDICATE THIS/MONUMENT TO AGRICULTURE./THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE/LAND WHO SETTLED THE PRAIRIE TO RAISE WHEAT AND OTHER/GRAINS. THEIR LABORS MADE WHEAT THE ECONOMIC STAFF OF/LIFE OF/THE WORLD. THIS MONUMENT IS TO REMIND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF/THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE PIONEERS OF THIS LAST CENTURY./

THESE PIONEERS ARE MANY. MOST PROMINENT ARE THE/WHEAT FARMERS - THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO BROKE THE/SOD, PLANTED THE WHEAT AND PRAYED THAT THE RAINS/WOULD COME, THE GRASSHOPPERS WOULD GO, THE PRAIRIE/FIRES WOULD DIE AND THE WIND WOULD CALM./ MANY OTHER PIONEERS CAME TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE FARMERS - THE BLACKSMITH, BANKER, GROCER, REAL/ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENT, DOCTOR, LAWYER, MECHANIC, RAILROAD WORKER, STORE KEEPER, TEACHER, AND/THE PREACHER RIDING HIS CIRCUIT./

MANY OF THESE PIONEERS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE STAYED ON TO MAKE THIS MONDAK AREA AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE/TO LIVE FOR THE NEXT CENTURY - A PLACE TO WORK AND TO/RAISE A NEW GENERATION OF PIONEERS OF THE NEXT CENTURY./TODAY, AS WE TAKE THE FIRST STEPS INTO OUR SECOND CENTURY, WE SALUTE THE COURAGE AND COMMITMENT OF THESE FIRST-CENTURY PIONEERS./DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED BY WILLISTON ARTIST AND CRAFTSMAN DAVID NJOS. (Sides of base:) (plaques with about 200 contributor's names) unsigned

Three rust-colored stalks of wheat in a triangular placement rise up from a square base. Each stalk is slightly bent "to indicate a mature 'head' ready for harvesting." The base's four corner pillars of brick rise above the fieldstone platform, and a low metal fence runs between the pillars. On three sides of the fieldstone platform granite plaques are installed.

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture

Object -- Foliage -- Wheat

Outdoor Sculpture -- North Dakota -- Williston

Administered by First National Bank and Trust Company, Trust Department, 22 East 4th Street, Williston, North Dakota 58802

Located Davidson Park, West of the Williston Community Library, Williston, North Dakota

IAS files contain dedication program, which discusses the inclusion of names on the monument and includes a photograph.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Dakota survey, 1992.

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