Thomas Rhea and Electra R Ousley - Gilroy, CA
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N 37° 00.482 W 121° 34.147
10S E 627304 N 4096720
A sculpture of locals Thomas Rhea and Electra R Ousley.
Waymark Code: WMAXFN
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/07/2011
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The sculpture sits on a pedestal in front of the Gilroy Bookstore. It shows the two figures in a handshake position. Ousley is holding a scroll of paper. A plaque on the pedestal reads:
"Thomas Rhea, dairy farmer, principal stockholder and president of the Bank of Gilroy, also served as a California State Assemblyman, a Gilroy mayor and a city councilman, and he was "even ready with purse or moral support to advance the betterment of the community."
Electra R Ousley, early pioneer and widowed mother of 9 surviving children. "With a brave heart and good management, raised and educated her family" and independently claimed 1200 acres of land of her own name."
URL of the statue: Not listed
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