This circular composition has three Native American pilot canoes as well as three large currents between each canoe. The design on the outer ring makes use of a traditional Native American motif. The lines and arrangement of objects portrays movement and water.
The Wabash and Salamonie Rivers, and beginning in the 1840s, the Wabash & Erie Canal, made the area containing Huntington County a trading center for the Native Americans and the early settlers who displaced them in the mid-19th ... view more »
This circular composition has three Native American pilot canoes as well as three large currents between each canoe. The design on the outer ring makes use of a traditional Native American motif. The lines and arrangement of objects portrays movement and water.
The Wabash and Salamonie Rivers, and beginning in the 1840s, the Wabash & Erie Canal, made the area containing Huntington County a trading center for the Native Americans and the early settlers who displaced them in the mid-19th century. Miami Chief Richardville moved the Miami capital from Kekionga near Ft. Wayne to a site at the Forks of the Wabash in 1831.
Designers Jeff Laramore and David Jemerson Young of 2nd Globe, an Indianapolis–based artistic company, designed all 92 of the county sculptures featured on the outside of the Indiana State Museum. Their designs narrate the counties’ famous natives, historically significant events, or their cultural characteristics, and were fabricated and installed by various Indiana sculptors, carvers, glassworkers, metalworkers, and other artisans.
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