End of the Trail, (sculpture).

End of the Trail, (sculpture).

Fraser, James Earle, 1876-1953, sculptor.

End of the Trail, (sculpture).

Plaster model: 1915. Bronze: dedicated Dec. 19, 1971.

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Sculpture: cast bronze; Base: concrete and stone.

Sculpture: approx. 12 x 16 x 5 ft.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 15 ft. x 5 ft. 4 in.

J.E. FRASER, SCULPTOR, 1915 (copyright symbol) signed

A Native American sits slumped on his horse with his hair in braids, wearing a headband with a single feather in it and moccasins. He has a robe wrapped around the lower part of his torso and an arm-band on his proper left arm. There is a spear under the man's proper right arm, pointing down, and a long, narrow pouch hangs from the saddle on his proper left side. The horse's head hangs down and its wind-blown tail is between its legs. The horse stands on a mound with a small clump of grass. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular base.

Ethnic -- Indian

Literature -- Pope

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Visalia

Administered by Tulare County, Parks Department, 221 South Mooney, #102, Visalia, California 93291

Located Mooney Grove Park, Highway 63, Visalia, California

The sculpture was inspired by a passage from Marion Manville Pope: "The trail is lost, the path is hid and winds that blow from out the ages sweep me on to that chill borderland where Time's spent sands engulf lost peoples and lost trails." A nearby plaque reads: END OF THE TRAIL/JAMES EARLE FRASER/1876 - 1953/THE PLASTER MODEL OF THIS STATUE/WAS EXHIBITED IN THE PANAMA - PACIFIC/EXPOSITION, SAN FRANCISCO, 1915. IT/WAS MOVED TO THIS PARK IN 1919 WHERE/IT STOOD UNTIL 1968. IT WAS THEN/TRADED TO THE NATIONAL COWBOY HALL OF FAME/OKLAHOMA CITY, FOR/THIS BRONZE CASTING, FULFILLING/THE HOPE OF MR. FRASER./DEDICATED DECEMBER 19 1971. IAS files contain related excerpts from Merrill A. Reed's "Historical Statues & Monuments in California," pg. 173.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CA2013, 1989.

Monumental News, Dec. 1915, pg. 696.

For model see: 75007124.

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