Ozark Trail Marker, (sculpture).

Ozark Trail Marker, (sculpture).

Mattheson, Henrichson & Brown, fabricator.

Ozark Trail Marker, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: concrete, painted; Base: concrete, painted.

Sculpture: approx. H. 21 ft.; Base: approx. H. 4 ft.

(On two sides of shaft:) LAKE ARTHUR/PANTHER POWER unsigned

Obelisk stands on a square pedestal on a small, round traffic island. There are two street lamps at the top, illuminating each side of the street. The sculpture is painted white. The base is painted white with black and red trim.

History -- United States -- New Mexico

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Lake Arthur

Administered by Town of Lake Arthur, P. O. Box 8, Lake Arthur, New Mexico 88253

Located Intersection of Maine & Broadway, Lake Arthur, New Mexico 88253

The monument is perhaps the only surviving marker from a series laid out across New Mexico to mark the Ozark Mountain Trail auto route in 1921. Lake Arthur High School periodically repaints the marker in its school colors, white, red and black. 1995 SOS! survey reports the sculpture was last painted by the high school classes of 1985 and 1986. For further reading, see the Antesia Daily Press (Antesia, NM), Oct. 17, 1993.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1995.

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