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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Miller, Samuel,     History -- United States     Figure male -- Full length     Occupation -- Military     Dress -- Uniform     Homage -- Cashion, Roy V.     Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Hennessey     Relief     Sculpture

(Hiker), (sculpture). Artist:  Miller, Samuel, contractor. Title:  (Hiker), (sculpture). Other Titles:  Roy V. Cashion, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: concrete or Bedford limestone; Base: concrete or Bedford limestone. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. H. 28 ft. Inscription:  (Incised on base, right:) ERECTED IN MEMORY OF/ROY V. CASHION/BORN MARCH 16, 1881/TROOP D 1ST U. S. VOL./ROUGH RIDERS/KILLED JULY 1, 1898/ON SAN JUAN HILL/BATTLE OF SANTIAGO/CUBA (On base, left:) TRIBUTE/TO/PATRIOTISM/AND/VALOR unsigned Description:  Full-length figure of a uniformed Spanish American War soldier stands at attention on a tiered base. His rifle is held at his proper right side with the butt on the ground. Decorative relief elements on the base include a cavalry saddle, rifle and sword topped with drapery and then with an eagle, shield and olive branch. Subject:  History -- United States -- Spanish American War Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Homage -- Cashion, Roy V. Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Hennessey Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Hennessey, Parks Department, Hennessey, Oklahoma 73742 Located City Park, Corner of Kansas & Main Streets, Hennessey, Oklahoma Remarks:  Erected in memory of Roy V. Cashion, a native of Hennessey, Oklahoma who was killed during the Spanish American War. The State of Oklahoma allocated $1,800 and $800 was raised through public subscription. Nearby plaque placed by the Oklahoma Historical Society reads: ROY V. CASHION/1st Okla. Vol. U. S. Cavalry/After his regiment helped in the/victory at Las Quasimas, Cuba,/he was killed as he charged over San Juan Hill, July 1, 1898, in the Spanish-American War./This Oklahoma boy--Hennessey High School graduate--rode horse-/back to Guthrie, and enlisted on May 5, 1898 in "Rough Riders"/under Col. Theodore Roosevelt./OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, OK7003, OK7006, 1989. Monumental News, Dec. 1902, pg. 710; July 1903, pg. 421. 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 OK000277   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OK000277 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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