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    		• Van Zandt, Sandra,
     
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    		• Rouk, Mark,
     
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    		• Buchfink, Charles,
     
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    		• Doss, Don,
     
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    		• Shopen, Frank,
     
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    		• Sweppe, Eric,
     
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    		• Metal Dynamics Corporation,
     
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    		• Ad Astra Bronze,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Rogers, Will
     
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    		• Animal -- Portrait
     
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    		• Animal -- Horse
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Theater
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Other
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Occupation -- Writer
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Oologah
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Cherokee Kid, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Van Zandt, Sandra, sculptor.
    Rouk, Mark, engineer.
    Buchfink, Charles, contractor.
    Doss, Don, fabricator.
    Shopen, Frank, fabricator.
    Sweppe, Eric, fabricator.
    Metal Dynamics Corporation, founder.
    Ad Astra Bronze, founder.
    Title: 
    The Cherokee Kid, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1992. Dedicated Aug. 12, 1995.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze with patina; Base: brick with a flagstone floor.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 x 10 x 4 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. H. 3 ft. x Diam. 11 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on base, front:) THE CHEROKEE KID/A MONUMENT TO WILL ROGERS (On plaque on base, rear:) THE CHEROKEE KID/A MONUMENT TO WILL ROGERS/WILLIAM PENN ADAIR ROGERS WAS BORN NOV. 4, 1879/AT THE FAMILY RANCH HEADQUARTERS NORTHEAST OF OOLOGAH./HE DIED ON AUG. 15, 1935, NEAR POINT BARROW, ALASKA./SCULPTED BY/SANDRA VAN ZANDT/COMMISSIONED BY THE/OOLAGAH HISTORICAL SOCIETY/(List of officers follows)/UNVEILED AUGUST 12, 1995. unsigned
    Description: 
    Life-size figure of Will Rogers at about age 26 stands with his quarterhorse Comanche at the town drinking pump. Rogers is dressed in full cowboy gear, including hat, neck kerchief and chaps. His proper right hand is at his head. He holds a coiled rope in his proper left hand. Comanche's head is lowered to drink from the pump. The sculpture stands on an eight-sided base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Rogers, Will -- Full length
    Animal -- Portrait -- Comanche
    Animal -- Horse
    Performing Arts -- Theater -- Performer
    Performing Arts -- Other -- Comedian
    Occupation -- Other -- Cowboy
    Occupation -- Writer -- Journalist
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Cherokee
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Oologah
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Oolagah Historical Society, P. O. Box 609, Oologah, Oklahoma 74053
    Located Maple Street & Cooweescoowee Avenue, Oologah, Oklahoma
    Remarks: 
    Will Rogers (1879-1935), a writer and entertainer of Cherokee descent, was born and lived in Oologah. The sculpture was commissioned in 1992 by the Oolagah Historical Society for $100,000. The commission was suggested by Marian Clark, president of the Society, after a replica of Will Rogers' home was destroyed by arson in May 1992. An economic Development Grant from Tallgrass Resource Conservation and Development, (United States Department of Agriculture) contributed $3,650 for part of the cost of the base. Remaining funds were raised mostly through individual and corporate donations. The sculpture was cast at Metal Dynamics and the patina was applied by Frank Shopen and Eric Sweppe at Ad Astra Bronze. The pump was cast from a mold made from a Davey brand hand pump used in the town in the early twentieth century. Water spouts through the sculpted pump into a flagstone trough on the base. The SOS! survey form states that the horse's name is Soapsuds and attached documentation gives the horse's name as Comanche. The name of the monument came from the title of a biography of Will Rogers by David Randolph Milsten.
    IAS files contain related articles from the Oologah Lake Leader, June 1, 1995 and Aug. 10, 1995; an invitation to the dedication and a brochure from the Oolagah Historical Society which lists the donors.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996.
    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 OK000230
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