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The Pioneer (Eugene, Oregon)
''The Pioneer'' is a thirteen-foot-tall bronze sculpture located on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon. It was the artistic work of Alexander Phimister Proctor, commissioned by Joseph Nathan Teal, a Portland attorney. On the day of is unveiling, May 22, 1919, a great ceremony was held complete with playing of the university orchestra. It included attendance from persons all across the state, the majority of enrolled students, and a special section of the crowd was reserved for the remaining pioneers. In fact, a pioneer by the name of T.G. Hendricks and his granddaughter held the honor of removing the canvas cover thus unveiling the statue.〔"Hundreds Present When 'The Pioneer' is Unveiled Today," Eugene Daily Guard, May 22, 1919.〕
== Creation and design ==
The Pioneer Father was a long time in the making. Proctor had completed sculptures of pioneer groups, but he searched for a model that would “typify the real spirit of the West.”〔“Statue Will Stand Amid Campus Firs,” Daily Emerald, April 13, 1918. Eugene, OR: University of Oregon Microfilm Collection. Microfilm.〕 After a ten-year search, he found the image in J.C. Cravens, an “old trapper bewhiskered without a haircut heavy boots thick plants a buckskin coat carrying his rifle and leading a nag.”〔“Birthday of Pioneer Father Recalls Stories of Sculptor,” Daily Emerald, May 23, 1934. Eugene, OR: University of Oregon Microfilm Collection. Microfilm.〕 Once he had this model, Proctor took the idea to the Honorable Joseph Teal, a Portland lawyer and businessman, and the sculpture was commissioned. It was the first statue placed on the University of Oregon campus.
The Pioneer Father is about ruggedness and movement. In form, the sculpture follows attributes of the model with him being portrayed in similar garb, a full beard, and a rifle slung over his shoulder. His body language is proud, as seen in the set of his shoulders and the level of his chin. Further, his open stance implies movement, with his eyes gazing forward and his weight seeming to be in the process of shifting from one foot to the next. The natural, hard organic sentiment flows all the way to his rock pedestal. The basalt was “one that had weathered many storms and had been tossed about by the river currents yet enduring…() thought it was in keeping with the ideals of the Pioneer who had weathered similar storms.”〔 In his form, he is the intrinsic strength, prepared to move forward and meet what comes.
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