125th Anniversary of Ottawa - "Buffalo Woman" - Ottawa, Ks.
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This 6 foot bronze sculpture is located on the western grounds of the Franklin County Courthouse - 315 S. Main in Ottawa, Ks. This sculpture celebrated the 125th anniversary of the founding of Ottawa, Ks.
Waymark Code: WMF7T4
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2012
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From Wikipedia:
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"The town grew up around Ottawa Indian settlements. The tribe lived in the area from 1837 to 1867 and donated land for Ottawa University. The town and university were named for the tribe. The city of Ottawa has a history of flooding due to the Marais Des Cygnes river. One of the first big floods which was noted happened in 1844, twenty years before the city's founding in 1864. No official measurements were taken, though was estimated to be at 40 feet (12 m). A flood in 1928 had a crest point of 38.65 in which 6 people died. Other flood years include 1904, with a crest of 35.8 feet (10.9 m); 1909, cresting at 36.3 feet (11.1 m); 1915, cresting at 31 feet (9.4 m), and 1944 cresting at 36.5 feet (11.1 m)."
The text of the plaque:
Buffalo Woman
by Charlie Norton
Dedicated Oct. 7, 1989, by the people of Ottawa to celebrate the town's 125th anniversary.
Description of sculpture from SIRIS:
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"An Indian mother wearing a fringed dress carries a baby on her back in a hooded carrier. From her belt hang a pouch and a sheathed knife. She carries a larger pouch in her proper left hand. She stands atop a base set in the middle of an octagonal planter. The planter has two inscribed plaques mounted on it and various shrubs growing in it."
ARTIST(S): Norton, Charlie, 1942- , sculptor. Art Castings of Colorado, founder.
DATE: 1989. Dedicated Oct. 7, 1989
MEDIUM: Figure: bronze; Base: granite and concrete; Planter: concrete