Arizona's Pioneer Women, (sculpture).

Arizona's Pioneer Women, (sculpture).

Martin, Charles B., 1915- , sculptor.

Arizona's Pioneer Women, (sculpture).

Dedicated April 21, 1968.

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Sculpture: hammered copper; Base: cast stone.

Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft. x .5 ft.; Base: approx. 10 x 3 x 2 ft.

(On plaque on front of base:) DAUGHTERS OF UTAH PIONEERS/NO. 344/ERECTED 1968/ARIZONA'S PIONEER WOMEN/BEFORE 1875 HUNDREDS OF HEROIC WOMEN/CAME TO ARIZONA FROM THE EAST AND THE SOUTH. FROM/THIS GROUP CAME ARIZONA'S FIRST SCHOOLTEACHERS/AND THE PUBLISHER OF THE FIRST NEWSPAPER./IN 1876 A GROUP OF PIONEER WOMEN AND THEIR/FAMILIES CAME FROM THE NORTH, FERRIED THEIR/COVERED WAGONS ACROSS THE COLORADO RIVER. WITH/INDOMITABLE BRAVERY AND STRENGTH THEY HELPED/MAKE THE DESERT BLOSSOM INTO A GREEN OASIS./THEIR DESCENDANTS PIONEERED IN MANY SETTLEMENTS THROUGHOUT ARIZONA. THEY DISPLAYED GREAT/COURAGE AND SELF DENIAL WHICH IS THE RICH/HERITAGE OF THEIR POSTERITY./SQUAW PEAK CAMP-PHOENIX, ARIZONA unsigned

Full-length female figure in high relief. She wears pioneer dress with sunhat and long skirts. In her proper right arm she holds an infant; the infant's head rests on her proper right shoulder. The copper relief is mounted on a round cast stone background whose shape resembles the front of a covered wagon.

Figure group -- Female & Child

History -- United States -- Westward Expansion

History -- United States -- Arizona

Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer

Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Phoenix

Administered by City of Phoenix, General Services Division, 1700 West Washington, Phoenix, Arizona 85007

Located Wesley Bolin Mall, 17th Avenue between Washington & Jefferson, Phoenix, Arizona

The sculpture was commissioned by the Squaw Peak Camp of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. IAS files contain copy of dedication ceremony speech and copies of related articles from COPMEA (City of Phoenix Municipal Employees Association) News Bulletin, June 1968 and Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), April 16 and 21, 1968.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1994.

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