Four Corners Monument, (sculpture).

Four Corners Monument, (sculpture).

Bureau of Land Management, fabricator.

Carpenter, Howard, sculptor.

Darling, Ehud, sculptor.

Robins, Chandler, sculptor.

Page, Hubert, sculptor.

Lentz, James, sculptor.

Kimmell, Everett, sculptor.

Wilson, Darryl, sculptor.

Eaves, Jack, sculptor.

Reeves, Roland, sculptor.

Four Corners Monument, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: concrete, granite and aluminum bronze or brass; Base: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 24 in. x 33 ft. 3 in. x 33 ft. 3 in.

(On center metal medallion, incised:) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 1992/CADASTRAL SURVEY/BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (Center of medallion is divided into four quadrants, with respective state names: UTAH / COLORADO / ARIZONA / NEW MEXICO

A stepped concrete monument/plaza, inset with bronze seals of four states -- Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, and inset with granite markers carved with state names. In the center of the monument is a large circular area carved out of granite, which starting in Utah portion reads: FOUR STATES; in Colorado portion reads: HERE MEET; in New Mexico portion reads: IN FREEDOM; and in Arizona reads: UNDER GOD. There is a smaller metal medallion in center of larger granite circle. Each state quadrant also has its own flag pole.

Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Apache

Administered by United States Bureau of Land Management, Cadastral Survey, 3707 North 7th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85011

Administered by United States Bureau of Land Management, 7450 Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia 22153

Located Off Highway 160, Apache, Arizona

The monument marks the only place in the United States where four states meet. Bronze plaque in front of steps leading to New Mexico portion reads: Four Corners - A Common Bond/This is the only place in the United States marking the common/corner of four states - Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah./Who established this corner?/The four corners monument was established and perpetuated by/U.S. Government Surveyors and Astronomers beginning in 1868./Surveyors Darling, Robbins, Reeves and Carpenter surveyed the/boundary lines between the states.

(On same bronze plaque, below diagram of four corners area:) In 1899, U.S. Surveyors Hubert Page and James Lentz found the four corners/monument disturbed and broken. They marked and set a new stone at the original location. Everett Kimmell, General Land Office, remonumented the Page-Lentz stone with a concrete and brass monument in 1931. The Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Indian Affairs poured a concrete/paving block around the Kimmell monument in 1962. In 1992, Cadastral Surveyors Darryl Wilson and Jack Eaves officially remonumented the deteriorating Kimmell marker with an aluminum bronze disc. The structure/that you see today was rebuilt by the Bureau of Land Management.

(Also on same bronze plaque): Indian Lands/The four corners area is surrounded by/Indian lands. The Navajo Nation lies in/New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. The/Ute Mountain Ute Nation is located in/Colorado. Respect the culture and/traditions of the four corners area.

Reporting sources differ as to whether medium of medallions is aluminum brass or aluminum bronze. IAS files contain text of wooden plaque approximately 100 feet north of monument (in Utah), and text of state seals.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1994.

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