Pack Train Horses and Rider - Etna, CA
N 41° 27.774 W 122° 53.818
10T E 508604 N 4590150
This metal figurative sculpture is located just off Highway 3 and welcomes visitors as they enter Etna.
Waymark Code: WMX775
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/06/2017
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Located at the SW corner of Highway 3 and Howell Avenue is a figurative metal sculpture by artist
Ralph Starritt. The sculpture comprises a male figure on a pack train horse with another pack train horse standing nearby.
This sculpture represents a typical miner who passed through Etna 150 years ago. Etna begin as a flour mill site and the California Gold Rush brought thousands of men to Scott Valley hoping to strike it rich. Etna became a supply link for these miners on their way to various mines in the hills and mountains of the region.
Artist Ralph Starritt has created a number of welded steel sculptures throughout northern California and southern Oregon. He makes his home in Yreka, CA and has a studio there. I've waymarked other Starritt sculptures, particularly, The Miner; Fireman and Dog; K9; Montague; Eagle Takes Flight; and Peter Britt.