Lincoln Triumphant, (sculpture).

Lincoln Triumphant, (sculpture).

Honig, George H., b. 1881, sculptor.

Lincoln Triumphant, (sculpture).

Chief Set-Te-Tah, (sculpture).

1928. Dedicated Feb. 12, 1928.

Relief plaques: bronze; Marker: concrete.

Lincoln plaque: approx. 18 x 12 x 1/2 in.; Chief Set-Te-Tah plaque: approx. 19 x 31 x 31 in.; Marker: approx. 91 x 31 x 31 in.

(At top of Lincoln's proper left coat shoulder:) Geo. H. Honig (On Lincoln plaque:) LINCOLN/TRIUMPHANT/"LINCOLN IS NOT DEAD. HE LIVES/IN ALL THAT PITIES AND FORGIVES." EDWIN MARKHAM (On lower half of Lincoln plaque:) ABRAHAM LINCOLN/TRAVELED THIS WAY/1821-1830/HAULING HOOP-POLES/WITH OX-TEAM TO RIVER LANDING/VISITED EZKIEL RAY-THE OLD/BLOCK HOUSE-HAMMOND'S/TANNERY-TRADED JOKES AND/WRESTLED WITH PIONEER/BOYS IN HAMMOND TOWNSHIP/DEDICATED FEB. 12, 1928/BY THE LINCOLN TRAIL CLUB

(On Chief Set-Te-Tah proper left shoulder:) 1928/G.H. Honig (On Chief Set-Te-Tah plaque:) CHIEF/SET-TE-TAH/SHAWNEE-/SHAWNEES/LIVED/ON/SITE/OF BOONVILLE/AND NEAR/YANKEETOWN/-OLD-/DARLINGTON/MAY 1811 HE/ATTACKED AND KILLED/ATHA MEEKS ON PIGEON/CREEK NEAR RICHLAND./CAPTURED ABOVE JASPER/BY WM. SMOTHERS AND/POSSE.LODGED IN SQUIRE/LAMAR'S CABIN ONE MILE/N.EAST OF GRANDVIEW./SET-TE-TAH WAS SHOT/AND BURIED NO. OF CABIN.

a (Plaque on front of marker:) GRANDVIEW/INDIANA/LINCOLN TRAIL CLUB/ORGANIZED FEB. 15. 1927/75 CHARTER MEMBERS/(list of officers)/PURPOSE/COLLECTING HAMMOND/TOWNSHIP HISTORY/AND DATA ON LIFE OF/ABRAHAM LINCOLN/PLACING HIST. MARKERS/OUR CITY TRUSTEES 1927 (list of names)/W.T.CADWICK 1928 MEMBER signed

Bronze relief plaques with bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Shawnee Chief Set-Te-Tah are mounted on two sides of the upper tier of a tripartate concrete marker. The Lincoln plaque is mounted on the west side and depicts Lincoln in proper left profile. He is beardless and wears a wide collar with broad labels. In the lower left of the plaque is a figure of Lincoln splitting rails, and in the upper proper right of the plaque is a log cabin. The Chief Set-Te-Tah plaque depicts the Chief in proper left profile, wearing braids, with feathers across the back of his head. The marker is topped with a sphere, and has a tapered lower section.

Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Bust

Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer

Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Full length

Occupation -- Political -- President

Occupation -- Domestic -- Gathering

Portrait male -- Set-Te-Tah, Chief -- Bust

Ethnic -- Indian -- Shawnee

Occupation -- Other -- Chief

Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Grandview

Grandview Public Library, Main Street, Grandview, Indiana 47615

The plaques commemorate Abraham Lincoln and Shawnee Chief Set-Te-Tah. Reportedly, Lincoln traveled through the area from 1821 to 1830. Chief Set-Te-Tah was the last Native American killed in Spencer County. The marker was erected by the Lincoln Trail Clubs. IAS image files do not contain a photograph of the Chief Set-Te-Tah plaque.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.

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