Chief Wasatch Memorial
Chief Wasatch Memorial in Murray Park is one of 74 Indian sculptures sculpted by Peter Wolf Toth around the US in his Trail of the Whispering Giants project. The monument was carved from a giant cottonwood tree. Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah. The Wasatch mountain range is named for this famous Native American Chief.
Others in the collection range in height from 20 to 40 feet, and are between 8 and 10 feet in diameter. In 2009, there were 74 Whispering Giants, with at least one in each of the 50 U.S. states. The one in Oregon was removed in 2017 after irreparable windstorm damage, reducing the total to 73. In 1988, Toth completed his goal of placing at least one statue in each of the 50 states, by carving one in Hawaii.
Toth created the project "In remembrance to a proud and noble people... Peter Toth has carved at least one Indian monument in each of the fifty states, to raise the nations conscience to the plight of Native Americans." it is his gift to the people.
Chief Wasatch Memorial
Chief Wasatch Memorial in Murray Park is one of 74 Indian sculptures sculpted by Peter Wolf Toth around the US in his Trail of the Whispering Giants project. The monument was carved from a giant cottonwood tree. Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah. The Wasatch mountain range is named for this famous Native American Chief.
Others in the collection range in height from 20 to 40 feet, and are between 8 and 10 feet in diameter. In 2009, there were 74 Whispering Giants, with at least one in each of the 50 U.S. states. The one in Oregon was removed in 2017 after irreparable windstorm damage, reducing the total to 73. In 1988, Toth completed his goal of placing at least one statue in each of the 50 states, by carving one in Hawaii.
Toth created the project "In remembrance to a proud and noble people... Peter Toth has carved at least one Indian monument in each of the fifty states, to raise the nations conscience to the plight of Native Americans." it is his gift to the people.