Eliel Lanyon Dale - Carthage, Missouri
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BruceS
N 37° 10.459 W 094° 18.797
15S E 383413 N 4115017
Bust of local newspaper publisher and civic leader at his namesake garden, E.L. Dale Memorial Garden adjacent to the Carthage Public Library.
Waymark Code: WMNQ0G
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2015
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E. L. Dale was the editor and publisher of the Carthage Press, a local newspaper but his impact on Carthage and beyond was much more.
The bust of E. L. Dale is a bronze and is approximately life-sized. It sits atop a brick pedestal with a bronze plaque the following text:
Eliel Lanyon
(E. L.)
Dale
Aug. 14, 1890 – Dec. 22, 1969
Editor and Publisher
The Carthage Press
1944 – 1969
Because of His Vision and
Desires Carthage Will Always
Be a Better Place for All.
Bust Dedicated
11/96
Sculptor Bill R. Snow