HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-07 Thanking City of Storm Lake Iowa - Pioneer/Iron Mike
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PROCLAMATION
_ • The children of Henry B. and Harriet H. Carter donated a fountain and statue to
the City of Ashland in honor of their parents in 1910.
• The statue atop the Carter Fountain, cast in zinc by the J. L. Mott Company of
New York, is affectionately known as Pioneer Mike, and has graced the Ashland
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- • The Tuesday Club of Storm Lake, Iowa, also commissioned a statue from the J. '
L. Mott Company.
• The Storm Lake Pioneer was installed in November 1912 on a stone base
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• The Storm Lake Pioneer and Ashland's Pioneer Mike are the only known
examples of J. L. Mott's Pioneer statue that remain standing in the United States.
• Ashland's Pioneer Mike was damaged beyond repair in October 2014.
• The City of Storm Lake in October 2015, graciously allowed Ashland to create a
casting of the Storm Lake Pioneer,
• Ashland's Pioneer Mike has now been beautifully and accurately recast and re-
installed to his traditional positron overlooking the Ashland Plaza.
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NOVV, THEREFORE, the City Council and Mayor, on behalf of the citizens of
Ashland, Oregon and its thousands of annual visitors, do hereby proclaim gratitude
for the generous support and friendship of the City of Storm Lake, Iowa, without
which the restoration of our cherished civic treasure would not have been possible.
Dated this 7th day of June, 2016
J n Stro be g, Mayor
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