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Texas Monuments, Statues
& Shrines"I
would much rather have men ask why I have no statue
than why I have one."
- Marcus Kato |
| "I
Want to See Your Machete" by
Barclay Gibson
5-29-12
It
was a momentous occasion for me... I was finally going to meet Ruthie Cade. Literally
minutes before, I had been able to find, after a previous failed attempt, ...
the 1,089th marker I have seen of the 1,136 placed way back in 1936 to memorialize
the multi-year celebration of Texas' Independence from Mexico. Here I was, after
having seen nearly 96% of that total, meeting the one person who made a lot of
that search possible. |
| | Monumental
Paris
Paris
Texas Historic Monuments: Confederate Monument, Culbertson Fountain, World War
I Memorial, and bust of George W. Wright, founder of Paris
Photos courtesy
Stephen Michaels |
| | Pompeo
Luigi Coppini
by John Troesser 11-2-09
Coppini's Life and His WorksRaoul
Josset (1899-1957)
"They Might be Giants - then again, they might be the work of Raoul Josset.
The Franco-American sculptor who made larger-than-life Texas Statues..."Elizabet
Ney |
Monuments,
Statues & Shrines in Texas |
| | Texas
Centennial
Index by Sarah Reveley
During
the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration, the state built memorial museums, restored
historical structures, improved parks, erected statues of important Texans, and
intalled over 1,000 historical markers.
This
ongoing project examines the extant Centennial projects and includes the stories
behind them.
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Acton - Davy
Crockett's Widow - Elizabeth Patton Crockett FeatureAlamo
Heights Alice
- Jose de Escandon
y ElgueraAmarillo
- Cadillac Ranch
FeatureAnson
- Anson Jones
10-20-10 Aspermont
- Stonewall
County Courthouse - Lady Justice 1-23-09Austin
- Elizabet
Ney's sculptures FeatureAustin
- The Capitol
Goddess or
What's a girl like you doing on a Capitol like this?
by
Brewster Hudspeth FeatureAustin
- September 11th Memorial
FeatureAustin
- Newsboy Statue by Bridgette
Mongeon FeatureAustin
- Philosophers'
Rock FeatureAustin
- Stephen F. Austin
by Elizabet NeyAustin
- Stephen F.
Austin by Pompeo CoppiniAustin
- Joanna Troutman by Pompeo
Coppini 11-9-12 FeatureAustin
- John Wharton
by Enrico CerracchioAustin
- Terry's Texas Rangers
Feature
Austin
- Texas Memorial
Museum Ballinger
- Coppini's
Charles H. Noyes Statue 11-5-10 Feature
A
devastated father hires an acclaimed but hungry sculptor
to erect a statue
to his son. Beaumont
- Temple to the Brave
c1932 FeatureBeeville
- Goddess
of Justice FeatureBelton
- Peter
Hansborough Bell 11-10-10Blossom
- Farmer's MarketBoonesville
- Joe RoughneckBovina
- Bull
6-11-10Brazoria
- Henry Smith
FeatureCameron
- Statue of Ben Milam
FeatureCameron
- Goddess
of JusticeCanton
- Pioneer
Memorial 4-7-11Canyon
- Big Tex Randall
Feature Carthage
- Jim Reeves Clarksville
- Confederate
MonumentComfort
- "Treue der
Union" Monument 3-14-10 Feature
Corpus
Christi - "Queen
of the Sea" Fountain - Confederate Monument
3-2-10 Feature Corsicana
- Confederate
MonumentCost
- Commemorating first shot
fired in the Texas RevolutionCrockett
- Lightnin' Hopkins
(no photo)Crockett
- Myrtis Dightman
Feature 6-4-11
Crosbyton
- Crosby County
- Henry Clay SmithCrowell
- WWI statues
Crystal City
- Popeye StatueCrystal
City - Sailors
in Limestone
by
Johnny Stucco Feature
The Crystal City Statue That Might’ve Been
Max
Sandfield suggested that Popeye be carved from native Texas limestone. Today the
suggestion would’ve won him the contest hands-down, but back in 1937 limestone
might have been considered too dignified for a mere cartoon character - despite
whatever contributions to nutrition-awareness. Medina, Texas has since erected
an oversized limestone apple - and courthouses around the state are carved with
a variety of flora, fauna, and limestone cowboys. It appears Mr. Sandfield’s proposal
was ahead of its time. ... moreDallas
- Big Tex: Son of Santa
by Mike Cox 10-24-12
FeatureDallas
- The Six Ladies of Fair
Park
Feature Dallas
- Tejas
Warrior, Hall of StateDallas
- Pioneer
PlazaDeadwood
- A
Unique Landmark
by Bob Bowman Feature
A granite shaft set
into the ground on April 23, 1841, marks the only international boundary existing
within the continental United States.Denison
-
Union Soldier Statue and Memorial Feature
Draw
- Draw-Redwine
MemorialDumas
- Statue
El
Paso - The Equestrian
Feature Elmendorf
- Virgin Mary Farmersville
- Confedrate
Soldier Fayetteville
- The
Sewer Commemorative MarkerFort
Worth - The
Horse Fountain on the courthouse square Fort
Worth - Angel
Fort Worth
- Will Rogers Coliseum
by Debbie M. Liles Feature 7-2-12Gainesville
- Civil War Memorial
Galveston
- Statue in
memory of the victims of the 1900 Storm, and The Seawall MonumentGlen
Rose - Barnards
of Brazos MonumentGoldthwaite
- Confederate
Statue 10-12-10Goliad
- Fannin monumentsGraham
- Confederate
Soldiers Monument 6-24-10Graham
- Cowboy drinking coffee
Graham
- Young
County Veterans Memorial
Granbury
- General Hiram
B. Granbury
by Sam Fenstermacher FeatureGussettville
Cemetery - Family memorialHarris
County - San Jacinto
MonumentHawley
- Shanghai Pierce Statue
Hico
- Billy The
KidHighway
288 - PresidentsHillsboro
- Confederate
MonumentHouston
- Sam
Houston Equestrian Statue
Feature Houston
- Dick
Dowling Statue
by Edward T. Cotham, Jr. Feature
Dick Dowling Statue,
First Public Monument in Houston, Turns 100 Years Old on St. Patrick’s DayHouston
- "Vaquero" Equestrian
Statue Feature
Huntsville
- Sam Houston StatueIndianola
- La Salle
Statue Jacksonville
- World War
I MonumentJefferson
- Confederate
MonumentKaufman
- Confederate
MonumentLaredo
- Roberto Garcia Junior's
1990 statue of George Washington Leakey
- Monument to town
founders John and Nancy Leakey Littlefield
- Cowboy Statue
8-3-10 Llano
- American
Doughboy StatueLongview
- Confederate
StatueLoyola
- StatueLufkin
- Doughboy StatueMarfa
- Presidio County Courthouse Goddess
of JusticeMason
- Colonel Albert Sidney JohnstonMcKinney
- James Webb Throckmorton
1-1-10Memphis
- "Our Patriots"
Statue Mineral
Wells - Elmwood CemeteryNew
Braunfels - Confederate
soldierNew
Braunfels - The
Doughboy StatueNew
London - Cenotaph
- New London Explosion Monument FeatureOdessa
- Jackrabbit
5-9-11 FeatureOzona
- Davy Crockett Monument
Ozona - "The
Tie that Binds"
by Judy BlackPalestine
- The John H. Reagan
Memorial 7-2-10
FeatureParis
- Monumental Paris
Feature
Paris
Texas Historic Monuments: Confederate Monument, Culbertson Fountain, World War
I Memorial, and bust of George W. Wright, founder of ParisPeaster
- StatuePierce
- Shanghai PiercePittsburg
- Jesus Washing Peter's
FeetPlainview
- The Old MacKenzie Trail -
General Ranald Slidell MacKenzie 5-11-10Point
- National Farmer's Union Monument
StatuePost
- C. W. Post StatueQuanah
- Quanah Parker MonumentRefugio
- The Statue
Honoring Amon King and his CommandRichmond
- Lamar Statue
2-2-13Rockne
- Knute Rockne
2-23-10 Route
66 - Texas
Panhandle Mystery Monument FeatureSabine
Pass - Sam HoustonSabine
Pass - Dick
DowlingSan
Antonio - The Alamo
FeatureSan
Antonio - The Spirit of Sacrifice,
aka The Alamo Cenotaph Feature
San
Antonio - Bexar
County Courthouse new Lady Justice statue FeatureSan
Antonio - Ben Milam Feature
San
Antonio - George
Washington Brackenridge Feature
San
Antonio -
Indian (International and Great Northern Depot) San
Antonio - Texas
Pioneers - Trail Drivers - Rangers Museum San
Augustine - James
Pinckney Henderson Statue 5-18-10San
Felipe - Stephen
F. Austin StatueSan
Jacinto Monument - Top Ten Facts Feature
San
Jacinto Monument - Return after 67 Years Feature
San
Marcos - Jack Hays
2-21-11San
Marcos - Statue
of JusticeScottsville
Cemetery - Confederate
MonumentScottsville
Cemetery - Weeping
AngelScottsville
Cemetery - AngelScottsville
Cemetery - Angel
ReliefSeguin
- The Equestrian
Statue of Juan Seguin Sinton
- Doughboy
StatueSunray
- Sunray Memorial
5-11-12 FeatureSweetwater
- Women
Airforce Service Pilots, WWII FeatureTexarkana
- The Otis
Henry Memorial 7-3-10 FeatureTexarkana
-
Confederate Mothers Monument 7-5-10 FeatureTexarkana
- World
War I Memorial 7-5-10
FeatureTexarkana
- James
Bowie Centennial Statue 7-6-10 FeatureTurkey
- Bob Wills Monument
1-9-11 FeatureVernon
- Armless
Doughboy Vernon
- Confederate
MonumentVictoria
- "Firing
Line" c. 1912 by Pompeo CoppiniTampico
- The Ozark Trail MonumentTaylor
- Battle of Brushy
Creek
A stone marker commemorating a little-known fight between Comanche
warriors and Texas RangersWarda
- AngelsWashington-on-the-Brazos
- George Campbell
Childress Feature Waxahachie
- Richard Ellis, who presided
over the 1836 Texas Constitutional Convention. Wichita
Falls - Wee-Chi-Tah
Sculpture Feature
West - Cemetery
StatuesWhite
Deer - White Deer MascotWilliams
Community School Feature
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