Donaghey State Park Monument, (sculpture).

Donaghey State Park Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Donaghey State Park Monument, (sculpture).

Arkansas/Louisiana Border Monument, (sculpture).

Commissioned 1931. Dedicated 1933. Rededicated April 6, 1975.

Sculpture: concrete and stone; Base: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 72 x 119 x 50 in.; Base: approx. 6 1/4 in. x 9 ft. x 6 ft.

(South side of monument:) LOUISIANA/HUEY P. LONG, GOVERNOR./LATITUDE 33 0', 38.68" NORTH. LONGITUDE 92.22'4.36" WEST/CHARLES H. MURPHY OF ARKANSAS AND EDWARD EVERETT, SR./OF LOUISIANA WERE APPOINTED COMMISSIONERS BY THE/GOVERNORS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE STATES TO CORRECTLY/ESTABLISH THE LOCATION OF THIS MONUMENT/TO GEORGE D. MURPHY, JOHN M. MURPHY, W.H. MOFFETT, W.F. SLADE, T.B. GOLDSBY AND W.O. GODLEY COMPANIONS AND NEIGHBORS OF HIS BOYHOOD DAYS, THE BUILDER IS/INDEBTED FOR PERSONAL AID RENDERED IN ERECTING THIS MEMORIAL/TO C.S. CHRISTIAN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE ARKANSAS HIGHWAY COMMISSION, R. S. WILSON, W.F. ADDISON, J.C. STEVENSON COUNTY/SURVEYOR OF UNION COUNTY, ARKANSAS/APPRECIATION IS EXPRESSED FOR PROFESSIONAL/SERVICES RENDERED.

(North side of monument:) ARKANSAS/HARVEY PANELI, GOVERNOR/THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES THE 100TH YEAR SINCE THE/ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LINE BETWEEN ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA ERECTED/IN 1931 A.D. BY GEORGE W. DONAGHEY, WHO WAS BORN JULY 1, 1856 IN/LOUISIANA APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTHWEST OF THIS POINT AND REARED/ON THE ADJACENT LAND IN ARKANSAS. TO THE UNION SAWMILL CO. THROUGH/ITS VICE-PRES MR. F. W. SCOTT THE ERECTOR AND THE PUBLIC ARE INDEBTED/FOR THIS SITE CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 40 OF LAND PART IN EACH/STATE, DEDICATED FOR A PERPETUAL PARK.

(West end:) 1931/HERBERT HOOVER/PRESIDENT USA (East end:) ANDREW JACKSON/PRESIDENT USA (Benchmark on Louisiana side:) U.S. Geological Survey Benchmark/For Information Write Director, Washington, DC/In Cooperation with the State/Elevation 270.952 Feet Above the Sea

A rectangular concrete monument with stone reliefs on east and west sides. The side facing Louisiana depicts three 1831 modes of transportation -- a center wheel steamboat, stage coach and covered wagon. The side facing Arkansas shows three 1931 modes of transportation -- an airplane, an automobile, and steam locomotive.

History -- United States -- Arkansas

History -- United States -- Louisiana

Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane

Architecture -- Vehicle -- Carriage

Architecture -- Boat -- Riverboat

Architecture -- Vehicle -- Train

Architecture -- Vehicle -- Wagon

Homage -- Hoover, Herbert

Homage -- Jackson, Andrew

Homage -- Lindborgh, Charles

Homage -- Long, Huey Pierce

Occupation -- Political -- President

Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana

Located 1.3 miles west of LA Highway 549 on Arkansas, Louisiana border, Parish Union County, Louisiana

The idea for the monument and park originated in 1931, with former Arkansas Governor George W. Donoghey. The monument and site commemorates the centennial of the boundary settlement of the Louisiana-Arkansas line, and honors Donoghey's birthplace and childhood home. The east side of the monument commemorates Andrew Jackson, President of the United States in 1831 when the two-state boundary line was settled. The accompanying relief depicts the modes of travel in his era. The west end of the monument is dedicated to President Herbert Hoover, who was President when the monument was commissioned. The airplane commemorates Lindbergh's flight. The south side of the monument contains a plaque dedicated to Louisiana governor, Huey P. Long, a U.S. Senator at the time of the first dedication.

Over 1,500 attended the monument's dedication in 1933. Although Arkansas State Park Commission records list the acquisition of the land in 1933; Louisiana "lost" the park and it was not officially found until 1975, when the park and monument were rededicated.

IAS files contain related article from North Louisiana Historical Association Journal, Vol. XV, No. 2-3 (Spring/Summer 1984), pg. 87-94, which includes additional bibliographic citations, and IAS files contain copy of Louisiana State Legislative Records, Act. No. 734, House Bill no. 674, 1975, pg. 1686-1687.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana survey, 1995.

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