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Colonial Pioneers, (sculpture). Artist:  Reineke, Vernon, designer. Schrieber, Bobby, contractor. Title:  Colonial Pioneers, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: stainless steel; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 13 x 4 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 4 x 4 ft. Inscription:  (Plaque I, incised:) "COLONIAL PIONEERS"/"THE FIRST COLONY AND CAPITOL/FORT MAUREPAS OF LOUISIANA/TERRITORY ENCOMPASSING/PRESENT CENTRAL THIRD OF U.S./FOUNDED APRIL 2, 1699, BY/FRENCH COLONIAL FAMILIES/WHO HELPED CARVE A NATION/FROM A WILDERNESS. NOW/OCEAN SPRINGS."/DALE GREENWELL (Plaque II, incised:) MONUMENT/BY THE/OCEAN SPRINGS/JAYCEES/TO THE CITY,/ITS HISTORY,/ITS FUTURE. (Plaque III:) Recognition; Materials, Litton/Ingalls, Site, L & N Railroad, Plaques, Biloxi Marble Works, Contractor, Bobby Schrieber, donor, John Fox, Design, Vernon Reineke (Plaque IV:) Colonies, Francoises, 1699, Pe Le Moyne, SR de Ibrie LP PL (PR) Description:  Abstract figure with four raised arms. Two arms end in fleurs-de-lis. It is set atop a trapezoidal base with an inscribed plaque on each side. Subject:  History -- United States -- Colonization Abstract Emblem Allegory -- Other -- Fort Maurepas Ethnic -- French Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Ocean Springs Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Ocean Springs, 1018 Porter, P. O. Box 1800, Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39566 Located Ocean Springs Civic Center, Highway 90, Ocean Springs, Mississippi Remarks:  Donated by John Fox. Materials provided by Litton/Ingalls; sited by L & N Railroad; and plaques provided by Biloxi Marble Works. Formerly located at Marshall Park. Fort Maurepas, now Ocean Springs, was established by the French as the first capitol of the Louisiana colony on April 7, 1699. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993. 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 MS000156   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000156 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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