"End of the Trail" by James Earle Fraser in Shaler Park, Waupun, Wisconsin. The twice life-sized bronze statue was dedicated on June 23, 1929.
Created as a tribute to the American Indian by James Earle Fraser (1876–1953) when only 17. His twice life-sized plaster replica gained world fame at the 1915 San Franciso Exposition. Clarence Shaler, Waupun industrialist, commissioned this first bronze casting. Dedication was June 23, 1929. Chief John Big Tree, Fraser's model, was the honored guest at Waupun's 125th Jubilee July 1–4, 1964.
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James Earle Fraser is also known as the designer of the ever popular Buffalo nickel or Indian Head nickel struck by the United States Mint from 1913 to 1938. The five-cent piece was impressed by Fraser's designs showing a Native American on one side and an American bison on the reverse. The same designs are on the American Buffalo gold bullion coin first minted in 2006. This was the first time ever that the United States Government had minted pure (.9999) 24-karat gold coins for the public.
"End of the Trail" by James Earle Fraser in Shaler Park, Waupun, Wisconsin. The twice life-sized bronze statue was dedicated on June 23, 1929.
Created as a tribute to the American Indian by James Earle Fraser (1876–1953) when only 17. His twice life-sized plaster replica gained world fame at the 1915 San Franciso Exposition. Clarence Shaler, Waupun industrialist, commissioned this first bronze casting. Dedication was June 23, 1929. Chief John Big Tree, Fraser's model, was the honored guest at Waupun's 125th Jubilee July 1–4, 1964.
[Source: www.wisconsinhistoricalmarkers.com/search?q=James+Fraser]
James Earle Fraser is also known as the designer of the ever popular Buffalo nickel or Indian Head nickel struck by the United States Mint from 1913 to 1938. The five-cent piece was impressed by Fraser's designs showing a Native American on one side and an American bison on the reverse. The same designs are on the American Buffalo gold bullion coin first minted in 2006. This was the first time ever that the United States Government had minted pure (.9999) 24-karat gold coins for the public.