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Pioneer Monument (other)
Pioneer Monument or Pioneer Memorial may refer to: ;in Canada * Pioneer Monument Obelisk (Montreal), Quebec ;in the United States * Pioneer Monument (San Francisco), California * Pioneer Memorial (Denver, Colorado) or Pioneer Monument (Denver, Colorado), in the Civic Center Historic District (Denver, Colorado) The Denver Civic Center is a civic center area that includes two parks surrounded by government and cultural buildings and spaces. Civic Center is located in central Denver, Colorado, on the south side of Downtown Denver. Much of the area is a ... (in the Denver Civic Center) * Pioneer Memorial (Houston), Texas * Pioneer Monument at Donner Memorial State Park, California * Pioneer Mounment in Salt Lake City, Utah * This Is the Place Monument in Salt Lake City, Utah See also * Pioneer (other), for sculptures named "The Pioneer" or "Pioneer" {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Monument Obelisk (Montreal)
The Pioneers' Monument Obelisk is a monument in Old Montreal. Overview The granite obelisk commemorates the founding of Fort Ville-Marie, later to become Montreal close to this spot on May 17, 1642. The monument was erected by the Société historique de Montréal to celebrate the city's 250th birthday. The obelisk is made from a block of granite that stands tall and is square at its base. It took 40 horses to drag the shaft into the city in 1893. The monument was unveiled on May 17, 1894. It has been moved a number of times before it was placed in its present location in 1999. It made its debut somewhat west of its present location. In the 1940s it moved again, to the old Customs House. The monument's present location is believed to be where Montreal's first mass was held. Plaques Each of the four faces of the obelisk bears a plaque. The first plaque describes the founding of Montreal by Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve on May 18, 1642. A second plaque describes the crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Monument (San Francisco)
The Pioneer Monument is a granite monument supporting bronze figures and reliefs created by Frank Happersberger and financed by the estate of James Lick. It is located on Fulton Street between Hyde and Larkin streets in the Civic Center, San Francisco, Civic Center of San Francisco, California, next to the San Francisco Public Library. It was dedicated on November 29, 1894. A highly controversial component, ''Early Days'', was removed in 2018. Description At the top of the monument stands a large female figure of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom and war, alongside a California grizzly bear. Frank Happersberger's goal was to represent California's motto "Eureka" meaning "I have found it." His inspiration for Minerva as the female centerpiece of his monument came from the Statue of Liberty which was brought to the US in 1886. Minerva stands on a column, whose base is lined with medallions representing figures from the history of California: Francis Drake, John Sutter, John Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Memorial (Denver, Colorado)
Pioneer commonly refers to a person who is among the first at something that is new to a community. A pioneer as a settler is among the first settling at a place that is new to the settler community. A historic example are American pioneers, persons in American history who migrated westward to settle in what is now the Western and Midwestern United States. Pioneer, The Pioneer, or pioneering may also refer to: Companies and organizations *Pioneer Aerospace Corporation * Pioneer Chicken, an American fast-food restaurant chain * Pioneer Club Las Vegas, a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. *Pioneer Corporation, a Japanese electronics manufacturer * Pioneer Energy, a Canadian gas station chain * Pioneer Entertainment, a Japanese anime company *Pioneer Fund, racist foundation, 1937 *Pioneer Hi-Bred, a U.S.-based agriculture company *Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall, Laughlin, Nevada, U.S. *Pioneer Instrument Company, an American aeronautical instrument manufacturer *Pioneer movement, a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Monument (Denver, Colorado)
Pioneer Monument or Pioneer Memorial may refer to: ;in Canada * Pioneer Monument Obelisk (Montreal), Quebec ;in the United States * Pioneer Monument (San Francisco), California * Pioneer Memorial (Denver, Colorado) or Pioneer Monument (Denver, Colorado), in the Civic Center Historic District (Denver, Colorado) (in the Denver Civic Center) * Pioneer Memorial (Houston), Texas * Pioneer Monument at Donner Memorial State Park, California * Pioneer Mounment in Salt Lake City, Utah * This Is the Place Monument The This is the Place Monument is a historical monument at the This Is the Place Heritage Park, located on the east side of Salt Lake City, Utah, at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. It is named in honor of Brigham Young's famous statement that ... in Salt Lake City, Utah See also * Pioneer (other), for sculptures named "The Pioneer" or "Pioneer" {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civic Center Historic District (Denver, Colorado)
The Denver Civic Center is a civic center area that includes two parks surrounded by government and cultural buildings and spaces. Civic Center is located in central Denver, Colorado, on the south side of Downtown Denver. Much of the area is a historic district (United States), historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 (boundaries clarified 1988). A somewhat smaller area was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 2012 as one of the nation's finest examples of the City Beautiful movement of civic design. Denver Civic Center lies partially within the north end of an official Denver neighborhood also named Civic Center, Denver (neighborhood), Civic Center. It includes the Colorado State Capitol, Colorado State Capitol building, in the west end of Denver's official Capitol Hill (Denver), Capitol Hill neighborhood, and it includes a few buildings in the south end of Denver's Central Business District, Denver, Central Business Distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Memorial (Houston)
''Pioneer Memorial'' is an outdoor 1936 granite obelisk by Frank Teich, erected in Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, in the United States. See also * 1936 in art * List of public art in Houston References External links * 1936 establishments in Texas 1936 sculptures Granite sculptures in Texas Monuments and memorials in Texas Obelisks in the United States Outdoor sculptures in Houston Hermann Park {{Texas-sculpture-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donner Memorial State Park
Donner Memorial State Park is a California State Park, located at the town of Truckee, California, United States. The park preserves a portion of the Donner Camp site, where members of the ill-fated Donner Party were trapped just short of Donner Pass by weather during the winter of 1846–1847. Caught without shelter or adequate supplies, members of the group resorted to cannibalism to survive. The camp site, high in the Sierra Nevada, has been designated a National Historic Landmark. The Donner Memorial State Park was established in 1928. It includes memorials to the Donner Party, such as the 1918 Pioneer Monument, along with a visitor center. Recreational opportunities include of trails, campgrounds, and of frontage on Donner Lake. History As snowstorms stranded the Donner Party in the Sierra Nevada, two camps were established where they would attempt to survive the winter. At Alder Creek, a smaller group—including the Donner families—would settle in tents for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigham Young Monument
The Brigham Young Monument (or Pioneer Monument) is a bronzed historical monument located on the north sidewalk of the intersection at Main and South Temple Streets of Salt Lake City, Utah. It was erected in honour of pioneer-colonizer, Utah governor, and LDS Church president Brigham Young who led the Mormon pioneers into the Utah Territory in 1847. The base of the twenty-five-foot monument has the bronze figure of an Indian facing east and that of a bearded fur trapper facing west, both of which preceded the Mormon settlers. On the south side is a bronze bas-relief of a pioneer man, woman, and child, while another bronze plaque has a list of the pioneers who arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, and their equipment. The Brigham Young Monument was first displayed at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago World's Fair in 1893. It stood briefly afterwards on Temple Square and was then transferred centering the intersection of Main and South Temple streets in 1897, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is The Place Monument
The This is the Place Monument is a historical monument at the This Is the Place Heritage Park, located on the east side of Salt Lake City, Utah, at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. It is named in honor of Brigham Young's famous statement that the Mormon pioneers should settle in the Salt Lake Valley. On July 24, 1847, upon first viewing the valley, Young stated: "This is the right place, drive on." Mahonri M. Young, a grandson of Brigham Young, sculpted the monument between 1939 and 1947 at Weir Farm in Connecticut. Young was awarded $50,000 to build the monument in 1939 and he was assisted by Spero Anargyros. It stands as a monument to the Mormon pioneers as well as the explorers and settlers of the American West. It was dedicated by George Albert Smith, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on July 24, 1947, the hundredth anniversary of the pioneers entering the Salt Lake Valley."This Is The Place Monument Dedication", ''Improvement Era'', Sept. 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
