Squaw Rock - Solon, Ohio
Posted by: Team RAGAR
N 41° 24.816 W 081° 24.899
17T E 465318 N 4584755
South Chagrin Reservation, Cleveland Metroparks.
Waymark Code: WM4DZM
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2008
Views: 76
The Cleveland Metroparks has an outdoor sculpture known as "squaw rock" that was carved by artist and blacksmith Henry Church in 1885. During his life the American Indians knew only hardship at the hands of white settlers. Henry Church was compelled to tell the story of the American Indians. In this giant chunk of sandstone he carved a quiver of arrows (with the four phases of the moon), a giant serpent, an eagle, a woman with a shell behind her (reminiscent of Botticelli's Venus), a dog, skeleton, and a baby in a papoose. On the river side of the rock, you can find images of tall ships, a frontiersman with an axe, a log cabin, and the first capital building in Washington D.C.
TRAIL HEAD N41 24.988 - W081 24.879
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Squaw Rock
Figure Type: Combination of two figure types
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Henry Church
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1885
Materials used: Sandstone Rock
Location: South Chagrin Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks
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