The Circuit Rider, (sculpture) - Salem, Oregon
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N 44° 56.282 W 123° 01.723
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A statue on the Oregon State Capitol grounds in Salem, Oregon
Waymark Code: WMFB94
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2012
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"Large equestrian statue depicts a caped man riding a horse and reading a book. He holds the book in his proper right hand and holds onto the saddle with his proper left hand. His head is bent forward. All of the horse's hooves but the front proper right one touch the ground."
"Work was commissioned by Robert A. Booth, prominent Eugene businessman and early Oregon State Highway Commissioner, as a memorial to his father, a Methodist Episcopal minister who died in 1917. Statue was originally placed at the west front of the old Capitol, but was moved to its present location while the new Capitol was being constructed (probably 1936 or 1937)."
"Inscription: (Proper right front bottom edge:) A. PHIMISTER PROCTOR SCVLPTOR (On proper left rear of sculpture, below horse's proper left hoof:) CAST BY ROMAN BRONZE WORKS, N.Y. (On east and west sides of base:) THE/CIRCUIT/RIDER (On north side: PRESENTED TO THE STATE OF OREGON (LETTER I no longer visible)N REVERENT AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF ROBERT BOOTH/PIONEER MINISTER OF THE OREGON COUNTRY BY HIS SON ROBERT A. BOOTH (On south side:) COMMEMORATING THE LABORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE MINISTERS/OF THE GOSPEL WHO AS CIRCUIT RIDERS BECAME THE FRIENDS, COUNSELORS/AND EVANGELS TO THE PIONEERS ON EVERY AMERICAN FRONTIER signed Founder's mark appears." -Smithsonian Art Inventory Catalogue
Sculpture is located on the State Capitol grounds, east of the Capitol Building. The sculpture is near similar style sculptures of "Father of Oregon" Dr. John McLoughlin and pioneering Methodist minister Reverend Jason Lee.