(Portage Path Marker), (sculpture).

(Portage Path Marker), (sculpture).

Sinz, Walter A., 1881-1966, sculptor.

Excelsior Stamp Works Company, founder.

(Portage Path Marker), (sculpture).

Relief plaque: cast bronze; Base: granite (?).

Relief plaque: approx. 35 1/2 x 47 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.; Base: approx. 59 x 104 x 85 in.

(On bottom right center of relief plaque:) W.A. SINZ SC. (On bottom right center of relief plaque:) THE EXCELSIOR STAMP WORKS CO/AKRON OHIO (On bronze plaque on side of base:) (Insignia of the Daughters of the American Revolution)/THIS BOULDER MARKS THE NORTHERN/TERMINUS OF PORTAGE PATH, USED AS THE UPPER/HEADQUARTERS OF THE SURVEYING PARTY IN 1797./ALSO THE SITE OF THE MILITARY POST/ESTABLISHED DURING THE WAR OF 1812 BY/GENERAL ELIJAH WADSWORTH./PLACED BY CUYAHOGA PORTAGE CHAPTER/DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION/JULY 23RD, 1925./COMMEMORATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY/OF AKRON, OHIO./"COURTNEY PARK, PRESENTED TO THE METROPOLITAN/PARK BOARD BY JOSEPH COURTNEY." signed Founder's mark appears.

A relief plaque affixed to the side of a boulder that depicts the central figure of a Native-American male, dressed in moccasins and a loincloth, carrying an upside down canoe over his head while stepping onto a rock with his proper left foot. Four birds are depicted in flight over the central figure. In the background a Native-American female figure follows the male figure carrying a papoose on her back. In the background to the left of the central figure is a winding river and river valley with rolling hills in the distance. Clusters of trees and brush flank the central figure on both sides of the relief plaque.

History -- United States -- War of 1812

History -- United States -- Westward Expansion

Ethnic -- Indian

Architecture -- Boat -- Canoe

Allegory -- Place -- Portage Path

Allegory -- Place -- Rivers

Landscape -- Road -- Path

Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Akron

Administered by Metropolitan Park Service, 975 Treaty Line Road, Akron, Ohio 44313

Located Southwest corner of North Portage Path & Merriman Road, Akron, Ohio

The relief plaque marks the northern terminus of Portage Path, an eight mile terminus between the Cuyahoga & Tuscarawas Rivers, which was used as the headquarters of the surveying party in 1797. General Elijah Wadsworth also established a military post there during the War of 1812. The plaque was placed by the Cuyahoga Portage Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Akron, Ohio. For related information see: West Side Leader, 2 (Aug. 6, 1985).

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993.

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