The county is known for its wooded beauty and artesian mineral springs. Once considered the Eighth Wonder of the World, West Baden Springs Hotel features a 200-ft dome suspended 130 feet above its mosaic tile atrium floor. The nearby town of French Lick, began as a French trading post and was developed into a vacation resort. Orleans, the region’s oldest town, is known for its flowering dogwood trees and was declared a Dogwood Capital of Indiana by the state’s governor in 1970. Furthering ... view more »
The county is known for its wooded beauty and artesian mineral springs. Once considered the Eighth Wonder of the World, West Baden Springs Hotel features a 200-ft dome suspended 130 feet above its mosaic tile atrium floor. The nearby town of French Lick, began as a French trading post and was developed into a vacation resort. Orleans, the region’s oldest town, is known for its flowering dogwood trees and was declared a Dogwood Capital of Indiana by the state’s governor in 1970. Furthering the area’s natural beauty, the area’s riverbeds are excellent sources of the quartz-filled geological features known as geodes.
This piece is made of granite, gneiss, and geodes. It depicts a center of crystalline shards with delicate white petals fanning outward from a circular design. The design is similar to that of a four-leaf clover.
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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