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Pioneer Monument (other)
Pioneer Monument or Pioneer Memorial may refer to: ;in Canada * Pioneer Monument Obelisk (Montreal), Quebec ;in the United States * Pioneer Monument (San Francisco), California * Pioneer Memorial (Denver, Colorado) or Pioneer Monument (Denver, Colorado), in the Civic Center Historic District (Denver, Colorado) (in the Denver Civic Center) * Pioneer Memorial (Houston), Texas See also *Pioneer (other) Pioneer commonly refers to a settler who migrates to previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited land. In the United States pioneer commonly refers to an American pioneer, a person in American history who migrated west to join in settling and de ...
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Pioneer Monument Obelisk (Montreal)
The Pioneers' Monument Obelisk is a monument in Old Montreal. Overview The granite obelisk commemorates the founding of Fort Ville-Marie, later to become Montreal close to this spot on May 17, 1642. The monument was erected by the Société historique de Montréal to celebrate the city's 250th birthday. The obelisk is made from a block of granite that stands tall and is square at its base. It took 40 horses to drag the shaft into the city in 1893. The monument was unveiled on May 17, 1894. It has been moved a number of times before it was placed in its present location in 1999. It made its debut somewhat west of its present location. In the 1940s it moved again, to the old Customs House. The monument's present location is believed to be where Montreal's first mass was held. Plaques Each of the four faces of the obelisk bears a plaque. The first plaque describes the founding of Montreal by Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve on May 18, 1642. A second plaque describes the cre ...
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Pioneer Monument (San Francisco)
The Pioneer Monument is a granite monument supporting bronze figures and reliefs created by Frank Happersberger and financed by the estate of James Lick. It is located on Fulton Street between Hyde and Larkin Streets in the Civic Center, of San Francisco, California, next to the San Francisco Public Library. It was dedicated on November 29, 1894. A highly controversial component, ''Early Days'', was removed in 2018. Description At the top of the monument stands a large female figure of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom and war, alongside a California grizzly bear. Frank Happersberger's goal was to represent California's motto "Eureka" meaning "I have found it." His inspiration for Minerva as the female centerpiece of his monument came from the Statue of Liberty which was brought to the US in 1886. Minerva stands on a column, whose base is lined with medallions representing figures from the history of California: Francis Drake, John Sutter, John Fremont, Father Junipero Serra ...
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Pioneer Memorial (Denver, Colorado)
Pioneer commonly refers to a settler who migrates to previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited land. In the United States pioneer commonly refers to an American pioneer, a person in American history who migrated west to join in settling and developing new areas. Pioneer, The Pioneer, or pioneering may also refer to: Companies and organizations * Pioneer Aerospace Corporation *Pioneer Chicken, an American fast-food restaurant chain *Pioneer Club Las Vegas, a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. *Pioneer Corporation, a Japanese electronics manufacturer *Pioneer Energy, a Canadian gas station chain *Pioneer Entertainment, a Japanese anime company *Pioneer Hi-Bred, a U.S.-based agriculture company *Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall, Laughlin, Nevada, U.S. *Pioneer Instrument Company, an American aeronautical instrument manufacturer *Pioneer movement, a communist youth organization * Pioneer Natural Resources, an energy company in Texas, U.S. *Pioneer Pictures, a former American film stud ...
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Pioneer Monument (Denver, Colorado)
Pioneer Monument or Pioneer Memorial may refer to: ;in Canada * Pioneer Monument Obelisk (Montreal), Quebec ;in the United States * Pioneer Monument (San Francisco), California * Pioneer Memorial (Denver, Colorado) or Pioneer Monument (Denver, Colorado), in the Civic Center Historic District (Denver, Colorado) (in the Denver Civic Center) * Pioneer Memorial (Houston), Texas See also *Pioneer (other) Pioneer commonly refers to a settler who migrates to previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited land. In the United States pioneer commonly refers to an American pioneer, a person in American history who migrated west to join in settling and de ...
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Civic Center Historic District (Denver, Colorado)
Civic Center Historic District may refer to: * Berkeley Historic Civic Center District, a National Register of Historic Places listings in Alameda County, California * Columbus Civic Center Historic District in Columbus, Ohio * San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, in San Francisco, California * Pasadena Civic Center District, in Pasadena, California * Civic Center Historic District (Denver, Colorado), a National Register of Historic Places listing in downtown Denver * Lihue Civic Center Historic District, Lihue, Hawaii * Wailuku Civic Center Historic District, Wailuku, Hawaii * Civic Center Historic District (Des Moines, Iowa) * Peabody Civic Center Historic District, Peabody, Massachusetts * Duluth Civic Center Historic District, Duluth, Minnesota * Griswold Civic Center Historic District, Allegan, Michigan * Warwick Civic Center Historic District, Warwick, Rhode Island * Longview Civic Center Historic District, a National Register of Historic Places listing in Cow ...
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Denver Civic Center
The Denver Civic Center is a civic center area that includes two parks surrounded by government and cultural buildings and spaces. Civic Center is located in central Denver, Colorado, on the south side of Downtown Denver. Much of the area is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 (boundaries clarified 1988). A somewhat smaller area was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 2012 as one of the nation's finest examples of the City Beautiful movement of civic design. Denver Civic Center lies partially within the north end of an official Denver neighborhood also named Civic Center. It includes the Colorado State Capitol building, in the west end of Denver's official Capitol Hill neighborhood, and it includes a few buildings in the south end of Denver's Central Business District. The Civic Center area is known as the center of the civic life in the city, with numerous institutions of arts, government, and culture as well as fes ...
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Pioneer Memorial (Houston)
''Pioneer Memorial'' is an outdoor 1936 granite obelisk by Frank Teich, erected in Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, in the United States. See also * 1936 in art * List of public art in Houston Outdoor sculptures * ''African Elephant (sculpture), African Elephant'' (1982) * Alexander Hodge Memorial * ''Atropos Key'' (1972), Miller Outdoor Theatre * Beer Can House * ''Broken Obelisk'', Rothko Chapel * ''Brownie (sculpture), Brownie'' ... References External links * 1936 establishments in Texas 1936 sculptures Granite sculptures in Texas Monuments and memorials in Texas Obelisks in the United States Outdoor sculptures in Houston Hermann Park {{Texas-sculpture-stub ...
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