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Crowley's Ridge State Park Sign: Shiloh Cemetery, (sculpture). Artist:  Smith, Albert, 1946- , sculptor. Title:  Crowley's Ridge State Park Sign: Shiloh Cemetery, (sculpture). Dates:  1988. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Wood, carved and painted. Dimensions:  Approx. 3 ft. 10 in. x 6 ft. 8 in. x 4 in. Inscription:  (On lower right front:) AS/88 (Left panel:) This was the first cemetery on Crowleys Ridge./It was started by the M.E. South Church,/Missionary Reverend Isaac Brookfield, and/Benjamin Crowley./After the church burned, the cemetery was neglected/and markers were lost./The CCC between 1933 and 1937, laid out this/cemetery and surveyed the county's oldest residents/to recreate the list of settlers buried here. (Center panel: SHILOH/CEMETERY (Right panel:) Settler's Names/(list of approximately 24 names) signed Description:  A hand-carved sign with the relief of a log church flanked by trees, a hill and clouds in the distance. On either side of the relief are two text panels. Subject:  Architecture -- Religious -- Church History -- United States -- Arkansas Landscape -- Arkansas -- Walcott Landscape -- Cemetery Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Walcott Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Arkansas, Department of Parks & Tourism, One Capital Mall, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Located Crowley's Ridge State Park, On Highway 168, Walcott, Arkansas Remarks:  The sign marks Shiloh Cemetery, the first cemetery on Crowley's Ridge, founded by the M.E. South Church. IAS files contain transcription of settler's names. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. The News (Salem, AR), April 29, 1993, pg. 26, 32. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS AR000198   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AR000198 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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