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The End of the Trail Historical Marker
Location
of sign - Shaler Park on Madison Street, Waupun,
Wisconsin
Photo
taken - July 2008
Text
of sign:
The
End of the Trail
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 Francisco Exposition. Clarence
Shaler, Waupin industrialist, commissioned this first bronze
casting.
Dedication was June 23, 1929. Chief John Big Tree, Fraser's
model, was the honored guest at Wapun's 125th Jubilee
July
1-4, 1964.
Waupun Historical Society 1975
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