
Pioneer Man, Hillsborough, NC, USA
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N 36° 03.496 W 079° 06.179
17S E 670857 N 3992076
This Giant welcomes you to what was an amusement park back in the day. It’s next to the Waffle House restaurant at the Hillsborough exit 164 off of I-85.
Waymark Code: WM15NXM
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/30/2022
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From the website “A bearded frontiersman gazes skyward, daintily hoisting a too-spindly rifle to the heavens. We know it's Daniel Boone only because he stands on top of the sign for "The Shops at Daniel Boone," a shopping center in Hillsborough.”
There were two variations -- one standing and one sitting -- originally sculpted for the 1960s Wagon Ho restaurant chain. Many of the franchised signature buildings were shaped like giant Conestoga wagons, with a seated wagon master (and/or the standing pioneer, holding a whip). The buildings are gone, but statues were sold and survived.
This is another good Website
There was a theme park here before it was shifted to just retail.