Sacajawea & Jean-Baptiste at Washington Park in Portland, OR

…Continued from Lewis & Clark Memorial.

Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste on February 15, 2010

The Sacajawea Memorial was unveiled July 7, 1905 at the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition. Susan B. Anthony, Abigail Scott Duniway and Eva Emery Dye were present for the unveiling. The statue, officially titled Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste, was sculpted by Alice Cooper of Denver and cast by the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company of New York from 14 tons of copper from a mine near Mt. St. Helens donated by Dr. Henry Waldo Coe. It was placed in its current location in April 1906.

Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste on February 15, 2010

The plaque reads as follows:

ERECTED
BY THE WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES
IN MEMORY OF SACAJAWEA,
THE ONLY WOMAN
IN THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION,
AND IN HONOR OF
THE PIONEER MOTHER OF OLD OREGON.

Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste on February 15, 2010

Historical Photos:
Sacajawea Statue, 1905 (OSU)
Sacajawea Statue, 1905 (OSU)
Sacajawea Statue, circa 1909 (UO)
Sacajawea Statue, circa 1949 (SPL)

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