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    		• J. V. Stout Company,
     
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    		• Springer, Frank,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Morley, William Raymond
     
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    		• Homage -- Morley, Ada McPherson
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Occupation -- Writer
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Datil
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Gravestone
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Morley Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    J. V. Stout Company, fabricator.
    Springer, Frank, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Morley Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1880. Relocated ca. 1993. Dedicated Oct. 27, 1993.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Shaft: Italian marble; Pedestal: possibly granite; Relief: metal (?); Base: possibly sandstone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 18 ft. x W. 4 ft.; Base: approx. 16 in. x 6 ft. x 1 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On base:) J. V. STOUT CO/TOPEKA KS. (On plaque on pedestal:) TO THE MEMORY/OF/WM. RAYMOND MORLEY/BORN SEPT. 15, 1846/DIED JAN. 3, 1883/IN WHOM WERE COMBINED/COURAGE, LOYALTY, LOVE AND HONOR;/EVERY MANLY VIRTUE/AND ALL NOBLE QUALITIES OF HEART/THIS MONUMENT/IS ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS (Incised in headstone at base, rear:) ADA MCPHERSON/WIFE OF/W. R. MORLEY/BORN AUG. 26, 1852/AT WINTERSET, IA/DIED DEC. 9, 1917/AT MAGDALENA, NM (In raised letters, below relief:) MORLEY Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Morley monument consists of a tiered base and pedestal which support a broken shaft. The broken shaft signifies the death of a young man. There is a profile in relief of William R. Morley affixed to the pedestal. The figure wears a suit, moustache and long sideburns. There is a small headstone on the reverse, at the foot of the base, for Mrs. Morley. The monument is enclosed in a fenced area, comprised of low tapered pylons joined by two rows of horizontal metal bars.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Morley, William Raymond -- Profile
    Homage -- Morley, Ada McPherson
    Occupation -- Industry -- Railroad
    Occupation -- Writer -- Editor
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Datil
    Relief
    Gravestone
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Owned by Cleaveland, Norman, 510 East Barcelona, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
    Located Highway 60 between mile markers 72 & 73, Datil, New Mexico
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Las Vegas, New Mexico ca. 1880-1993.
    Remarks: 
    Monument honors William Raymond Morley (1846-1883), a railroad builder with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and owner-editor of the Cimarron News & Press. It was funded through public subscription. Morley's remains and those of his family, were moved to this site from a cemetery in Las Vegas, New Mexico ca. 1993. There are boulders with plaques nearby commemorating members of the Morley family. There is also a sign behind the monument on which is affixed a paper under glass with biographical information on and photographs of William and Ada Morley. A memorial service for the reinterrment of family members was held Oct. 27, 1993. IAS files include the 1994 Foreword to the book "The Morleys: Young Upstarts on the Southwest Frontier," by Norman Cleaveland (grandson of Mr. & Mrs. Morley), and George Fitzpatrick, originally published in 1971, and text from the nearby sign and boulders. For related reading, see New Mexico Magazine, March 1991, the High Country Round-Up (New Mexico), April 7, 1993 and the Courier (New Mexico), July 21, 1994.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1994.
    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 NM000493
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