John Mullan Statue, (sculpture).

John Mullan Statue, (sculpture).

Paxson, Edgar Samuel, 1852-1919, designer.

John Mullan Statue, (sculpture).

Installed 1918.

Sculpture: marble; Base: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. x 36 in. x 24 in.; Base: approx. 29 x 60 x 46 in.

(Right side:) Erected Under the Auspices of/the Historical Society of Idaho/and the Society of Montana Pioneers./Gift of Wm. A. Clark Jr. of Butte, Montana/to the City of Wallace, 1918 (Left side:) Surveyor and Constructor/of the Military Road/from Fort Benton, Mont./to Walla Walla, Wash./completed 1862. (Front:) Capt. John Mullan/Trail/1853-1855 unsigned

A standing figure of John Mullan, with his proper right hand holding the top of a gun barrel. The butt of the gun rests on the outside of his proper right foot. His proper left arm is bent at the elbow and his proper left hand rests on his proper left hip. A pistol is tucked in his belt. He has a beard and is wearing a hat. The figure stands on a small base that protrudes from an obelisk-shaped block behind him.

Portrait male -- Mullan, John

Occupation -- Military -- Lieutenant

Object -- Weapon -- Gun

Outdoor Sculpture -- Idaho -- Wallace

Administered by City of Wallace, 703 Cedar Street, Wallace, Idaho 83873

Located John Mullan Park, Corner of Front & 5th Streets, Wallace, Idaho

After graduating from West Point, Capt. John Mullan joined Isaac I. Stevens to find routes for roads and railroads from the upper Mississippi to the Pacific Northwest. Several John Mullan statues mark the route of the Mullan Road through Idaho at Post Falls, Fourth of July Pass, Kellogg, Wallace, Mullan, and St. Maries. The sculptures were donated by William A. Clark, Jr., of Butte, Montana, and the forerunners of the Montana and Idaho historical societies. IAS files contain an undated brochure entitled Mullan Military Road.

Treated 2003 September. Taggart Objects Conservation (Georgetown, ME). Treatment report is on file with owner.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Idaho survey, 1994.

SOS Assessment Award, 2001.

SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2003.

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