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    		• Watkins, Lewis,
     
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    		• Davidson, Jim,
     
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    		• Reese, Dan,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Soto, Hernando de
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Spanish
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Occupation -- Labor
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Occupation -- Farm
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Boulder
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Brooksville
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Hernando Heritage, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Watkins, Lewis, 1945- , sculptor.
    Davidson, Jim, sculptor.
    Reese, Dan, assistant.
    Title: 
    Hernando Heritage, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1979. 1980. Dedicated Nov. 19, 1981.
    Medium: 
    Painted Suwannee limestone.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 10 x 20 x 10 ft. x Diam. 50 ft. (65 tons)
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque in front:) NOVEMBER 1981/HERNANDO HERITAGE/DEDICATED TO CULTURAL ENLIGHTENMENT/OF HERNANDO COUNTY & CENTRAL FLORIDA/CREATED AND SCULPTED BY/LEWIS B. WATKINS (20 NAMES IN TWO ROWS OF INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESS WHO MADE DONATIONS) APPRENTICESHIP BY DAN REESE unsigned
    Description: 
    Boulder with carved figures representing the history of central Florida. Figures include explorer Hernando Desoto and Seminole Indians. Florida's industries are represented by a cattleman for agriculture, fruit pickers for citrus growers, and a fisherman for the fishing and tourism industries.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Florida
    Portrait male -- Soto, Hernando de
    Ethnic -- Spanish
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Seminole
    Occupation -- Labor
    Occupation -- Industry -- Fishing
    Occupation -- Farm
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Boulder
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Brooksville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Pasco Hernando Community College, 11415 Highway 98 North, Brooksville, Florida
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture is a County project funded by local businesses and citizens. Suwannee limestone is Florida's only native stone. The sculpture is reportedly Florida's largest single stone sculpture. IAS files include an excerpt from a publication on the artist by David & Linda Phillips, and a related article from the Citrus-Hernando Times (Florida) Feb. 5, 1980.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Tampa 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 FL000219
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