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    		• Vankoten, Jack,
     
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    		• Knutson, Doug,
     
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    		• Anderson, Carolyn,
     
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    		• Morgan, Leigh,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Hill, James Jerome
     
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    		• Occupation -- Transportation
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Montana -- Havre
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    James Jerome Hill, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Vankoten, Jack, sculptor.
    Knutson, Doug, designer.
    Anderson, Carolyn, sculptor.
    Morgan, Leigh, engineer.
    Title: 
    James Jerome Hill, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Jim Hill, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1992.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: cast bronze; Basin: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 x 2 x 2 ft.; Basin: approx. 5 x 20 x 20 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On lower proper left leg:) JACK VANKOTEN 1992 (On self-base:) JAMES J. HILL (On plaque on fence:) JAMES JEROME HILL/1838-1916/EMPIRE BUILDER/"WE ARE GLAD NOW, AND AT ALL TIMES, AND IT HAS BEEN/OUR POLICY TO TRY AND HOLD UP THE HAND OF THE MAN WHO IS/CULTIVATING THE LAND."/"MOST MEN WHO HAVE REALLY LIVED HAVE HAD, IN SOME/SHAPE, THEIR GREAT ADVENTURE. THIS RAILWAY IS MINE."/"I WILL MAKE MY MARK ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH AND/NO MAN WILL EVER WIPE IT OUT!" signed
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of James J. Hill stands on an two-tiered octagonal base which stands in a low octagonal retaining pool. The figure wears an early 20th century suit and holds his hat in his proper left hand. He is bearded and balding. There is a twenty inch high iron fence along the top surface of the retaining pool which surrounds the fountain.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Hill, James Jerome -- Full length
    Occupation -- Transportation -- Railroad
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Montana -- Havre
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Burlington Northern Railroad, 235 Main Street, Havre, Montana 59501
    Remarks: 
    James Jerome Hill (1838-1916) was the owner of the Great Northern Railroad. The artist is a yard master at the railroad. This fountain replaces another historical fountain which stood on the site until the early 20th century. Plaques which lists donors to the sculpture are installed all around the outer basin. Footlights illuminate the sculpture at night.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Montana survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    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 MT000222
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