General Sam Dale Monument, (sculpture).

General Sam Dale Monument, (sculpture).

Reeks, Harry, 1920-1982, sculptor.

Besselaar, Richard, assistant.

Casey, Phillip, assistant.

General Sam Dale Monument, (sculpture).

Commissioned 1964. 1965-1968. Dedicated Oct. 13, 1968.

Sculpture: pink marble mixed with pink tinted concrete; Base: pink marble mixed with pink tinted concrete.

Sculpture: approx. H. 22.5 ft.; Base: approx. H. 14 1/2 ft. (10 tons).

Harry Reeks (On base, north:) "MY TRUST HAS BEEN IN GOD AND THE GREATER THE PERIL THE FIRMER MY FAITH"/GENERAL SAMUEL DALE (On base, east:) "THERE ISN'T A MAN THIS SIDE OF HELL WHO CAN STOP SAM DALE./SAM, YOU HAVE BEEN TRUE TO YOUR COUNTRY." ANDREW JACKSON (On base, south:) "YOU SLEEP HERE, BIG SAM, BUT YOUR SPIRIT IS CHIEFTAIN AND A BRAVE IN THE/HUNTING GROUND OF THE SKY." CHOCTAW WARRIOR (On base, west:) SAM DALE signed

Sculpture consists of a full-length figure of Samuel Dale perched atop a hill. Dale is dressed in buckskin clothing and holds a rifle in his proper right hand. His bent proper left leg rests on an elevated mound, with his proper left hand on his knee. The figure has long hair and sharp features. The base contains 21 bas-relief images; 18 depict scenes from Dale's life, and the remaining reliefs depict state symbols.

Portrait male -- Dale, Samuel -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- General

Occupation -- Military -- Scout

Occupation -- Political -- Legislator

Dress -- Historic -- Pioneer Dress

Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Daleville

Administered by State of Mississippi, Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation & Parks, 2380 Highway 80 West, Jackson, Mississippi

Located Samuel Dale State Park, East side of Highway 39 North, Daleville, Mississippi

Commissioned by the State Park Commission in 1964 for the newly acquired Samuel Dale State Park. Samuel Dale (1772-1841) was an army general, military scout, trader and representative in the Mississippi State Legislature. The land for the two acre park was donated by the Daleville Methodist and Baptist Churches. State Congressman G. V. Montgomery sponsored legislation designating the area a state park. It was through his efforts and those of local chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Lauderdale County Historical Society that the remains of Dale were disinterred from Cochran Cemetery outside Daleville and moved to the site. Since there were no pictures of Dale in existence, the artist based the likeness on descriptions from the book "Life and Times of General Sam Dale," by J. F. H. Claiborne, a contemporary and friend of Dale. IAS files include related articles the Meridian Star (Meridian, MS) and information from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Preservation Division.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.

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