Design and plans for a historical memorial to be erected in Deadwood , South Dakota by Aldo L Trucano A THESIS Submitted to the Graduate Committee in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Art Montana State University © Copyright by Aldo L Trucano (1949) Abstract: This memorial is dedicated to the early pioneer. Ihe three-dimensional figures are Calamity Jane Wild Bill Hickok, and Potato Creek Johnny. Those early-day personalities, espe-cially Calamity Jane and Wild Bill, are known nationally for their escapades. They lived and died in the Black Bills and are burled in Mt. Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood, South Dakota, Potato Creek Johnny was of a little later period, but is remem-bered by the thousands who were privileged to meet him and listen to his tales of prospecting and gold-panning days. The relief is a composite of the original builders of the country who migrated into the area in search of gold. It also depicts their means of transportation, their joys and their tribulations. The Indian represents the Sioux Nation9 through whose territory those early pioneers had to travel in order to reach their destination. The design and plans for the monument described herein have been executed to harmonize with the sloping terrain upon which it is to be built. Its position will also take into consider-ation the sunlight, for such a project is dependent upon proper light and shadow effects. The materials which will go into the monument will have an affinity for the surrounding cliffs and pine-clad mountain. #0 Of. ,<&& A*»& ' w a B ^ S e G o m ^ ltle ’ %*Be%a%* MoaSaaa - IN 3 " 7 8 'T U J r | V * 8» Table o f Contents Chapter I Page A b stra c t 3 In tro d u ctio n 4 H is t o r ic a l Background 6 Vi Id B i l l Kickok 7 Calamity Jane 9 P otato Creek Johnny IT ITT 11 Sculpture 12 C oncrete and Cast Stone 15 17 Formulas IV cTw V The Monument and I t s C onstruction 20 Dimensions o f the Monument 23 Photograph o f Model Monument in P la s te r o f P a ris 24 Photographs Showing S ectio n s o f Model Monument 26 Photographs o f the Molds and Cast Figures 26 P la te s B ird ’ s-e y e View o f Memorial In sid e View o f L eft Wall O utside View o f L e ft ’ a l l Front and Top View o f Back Wall Back View o f Monument T'ront View o f Ramn and Top S ectio n Front and rpOn View o f Steps Cross S ectio n o f Back t a l l Sketch o f R e lie f and Armature Sketch Showing Method o f S ectio n in g Mold, Cast from Model XT ’ l i d B i l l Hlckok XII P otato Creek Johnny XTII Calam ity Jane I TI III TV V VT VTT VITI IX X B ibliography 27 28 29 30 31 32 53 34 36 36 37 38 39 40 89333 and P lans f o r a H iafcorleal Memorial; to b e TBredted in Deadwood# SoutH Dakota . ': A b stra o t -•■V 'IblA memorial i s d ed ica ted to th e e a r ly pioneered %e three-dlBianatonal fig u res are Calamity Jane* r.ild B iii Hickok* and P otato Creek JoHtmy* !h o se early*.day p e r s o n a lit ie s P esp e- c l& lly Calam ity Jane and R lld B ill* ore known n a tio n a lly fo r t h e ir escapades* Ihey l i v e d and d ie d In the Black H i l l s and a r e .b u r le d in Mt* Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood* South Dakota? P otato Cregk Johnny was o f a l i t t l e l a t e r p e r io d , but i s romem* bared b y ' the ■thousands who were p r iv ile g e d to m eet him and l i s t e n to h i s t a le s o f p ro sp ectin g and gold*-penning days* fIhe- r e l i e f i s a com posite o f th e o r ig in a l b u ild e r s o f the country who m igrated in to th e area in search o f gold* I t a ls o d e p ic ts t h e ir means o f tra n sp o rta tio n * th e ir Joys and th e ir t r ib u la t io n s , Indian r e p r ese n ts the Sioux H ation6 through whose t e r r it o r y th e se e a r ly p io n e er s had to tr a v e l in order to reach t h e ir d e stin a tio n * Iho d esig n and plana fo r the monument d escrib ed h e r e in have been executed to harm onize with th e slo p in g te r r a in upon which i t i s to be b u ilt* I t s p o s it io n w i l l a ls o take in t o consider* e t lo n th e su n lig h t* fo r such a p r o j e c t i s dependent upon proper ! l i g h t and shadow e f f e c t s ; " 1 Sb* m a te r ia ls which m ill go in to th e monument w i l l have ah a f f i n i t y fo r the surrounding c l i f f s and , p in e* cla d mountain« I n tr o d u c tio n She h i s t o r i c c i t y o f Deadwood. I s today: a f l o u r i s h i n g 'eommu= ' -A" ' h i Itv1iS t i 11 Witil. th e f la v o r o f th e Old West* I t IiCdvW vSi© ...I ' sa^e' canyon' t h a t was once h u s t l i n g w ith wagon t r a i n s » p rospect '■-! v : : to.rs.> and g a m b l e r s ■ ■ ■ So i t i s withy t h i s i n mind t h a t th e Chamber o f Commerce h a s f o r th e p a s t ' few y e a rs been p lan n in g , a 'monument o r m em orial ■ : d e sig n e d to commemorate t h a t past*# .SinCe th e famous c h a r a c t e r s s . . v W ild B i l l B ich o k and C alam ity Jane h ad such an e v e n tf u l l i f e in Beadwood* a n d -a re b u r ie d in th e Mt* M oriah C em etery3 . they were chosen to d e p ic t p a r t o f t h a t p a s t * ' P o ta to Creek Johnnys though . o f - a l i t t l e l a t e r p e rio d s 'w a s a' t y p i c a l p r o sp e c to r s -and th o u san d s o f t o u r i s t s remember h i s t a l e s o f p an n in g g o ld alo n g P o ta to C reek I n th e E ig g e r B i l l d i s t r i c t .* O r ig in a lly a b ro n se h as r e l i e f was d e sig n e d t o be s e t in to a .c o n c r e te w a ll* T his p r o j e c t was n o t a s a t i s f a c t o r y ; on© be* cau se th e b ro n se and c o n c re te co m b in atio n d id n ? t seem a p p r o p r ia te f o r th e lo c a ti o n i n w hich th e monument was to be b u i l t . The p la n s h e r e i n a re f o r a c o n c re te and e a s t sto n e m em orial which w i l l have a d e f i n i t e a f f i n i t y f o r th e lo c a le in which th e s t r u c t u r e i s to be b u i l t * I w ish to th a n k th e f a c u lty and members o f th e Art ,Depart­ ment o f Montana, S ta te f o r t h e i r h e lp s e s p e c i a lly I r r- Conrad who h a s g iv e n .much c o n s tr u c tiv e c r i t i c i s m on th e m em orial d u rin g - . . ' .. - - %v : 0 / i t s e v o lu tio n from s k e tc h form to th e f in is h e d s c a le model* . Acknowledgments a r e ' a ls o due to th e members o f ; t h e Chamber d f Commerce Of Deadxvood9 South Dakota, f o r ■t h e i r a id ' and a& sis-thnhe' on th e p r o je c t* ' ■ "■ C h ap tef.]; \_L H i s t o r i c a l Background H eforn,.SSing111AntP.,...^. p roposed ...memorial, ,..its Io c U tio n jl d e sig n s, and c o n s tru c tio n * i t seems, f i t t i n g to g iv e a b r i e f reaim& o f th e h i s t o r y o f th e c o u n try and o f th e c h a r a c te r s to whom th e m em orial i s to he d ed icated # Man i n h i s q u e s t f o r g o ld h a s f o r c o u n tle s s ages made, t r i p s in to rem ote and u n e x p lo re d re g io n s in se a rc h o f th e e lu ­ s iv e y e llo w m etal# So i t was w ith th e B lack H ills # H is to r y i s r a t h e r i n d e f i n i t e co n c ern in g th e f i r s t whitemen whOg in t h e i r n e v e r-e n d in g se a rc h f o r w e a lth , w andered in to th e m ountains i n w e ste rn South D ak o ta, th e n p a r t o f th e D akota T e rrito ry # - I t i s c e r t a i n t h a t lo n g b e fo re th e a r r i v a l o f th e ■ f i r s t o rg a n iz e d e x p e d itio n s , f u r t r a d e r s and tr a p p e r s knew o f th e e x is te n c e o f th e m ountains and su sp e c te d t h e i r wealth.# It w a s 't h e i r t a l e s augmented by s t o r i e s f i l t e r i n g th ro u g h from In d ia n s t h a t i n d i r e c t l y le d to th e fo rm a tio n o f th e C u ster E x p ed itio n # The f i r s t g o ld was found by th e E zra Kind p a r ty ab o u t 1853. The members o f t h i s p a r ty were- a l l k i l l e d by In d ia n s but- l e f t b eh in d them a r e c o rd s c ra tc h e d on a s to n e which was found a few y e a rs ago n e a r S p e a r f ls h by a man named Thoem» The Thoen Stone as i t i s now c a l l e d , i s i n th e Adams Museum in Deadwood» The B lack H i l l s f re c o rd e d h i s t o r y began in 18T4 when G en eral George A# Cluster and th e Seventh C ay alry made a re c o n - naiaantise t r i p i n t o th e H i l l s from F o r t Abraham Llneoln,*, f o r t h D a k o t a t o e x p lo re and map th e cou n try» yy •; ■ ■ ’ :■ I t w asn’ t u n t i l l a t e 1875 t h a t th e Frank B ry an t -party made . ' ■ ■ '"-'Ali.: r i c h - ,s t r i k e s in Deadwood D uloh» fHais cau sed th e r u s h which b u i l t - u p a -w ild and b o is te r o u s g o ld eamp* W ith th e i n f l u x o f p ro sped to rs, came gam blers? p r o s t i t u t e s and p r o f e s s io n a l men# As th e camp grew i t became a to u g h er p la c e i n w hich to I i k e 9 and i t was d u rin g t h i s tim e t h a t Wild B i l l H lekok (Jam es B u tle r B lekok) was b o rn in Homer (now Troy 0roke>? La S a lle O ounty9 I l l i n o i s ? - In 1837? and ,grew to mazkxood i n t h a t v ic in it y ? He l e f t Homer and w ent to M isso u ri and. th e n moved, on to Kansas w here h e f i l e d c la im on a homesteads, l a t e r r e lin q u i s h in g h i s ' r i g h t and moving to H ebraska w here h e a g a in ■ h o m estead ed » I t was on t h i s hom estead t h a t h e b u i l t a c o r r a l t h a t was so c o n s tr u c te d t h a t h e bad th e e n tra n c e through, th e hou se o n ly . , T t was h e r e t h a t h e h ad h i s famous f i g h t ; w ith Dave IcO aziles? . . . A: W ild .B i l l e n te re d th e Army as a Union Scout u n d e r.G e n e ra l GUrtis-?." A f te r t h i s h e was h i r e d by th e town o f A b Ilen e9..Kansa s ? a t $1000 a month to c le a n up t h e p la c e o f i t s roughnecks?.: He l a t e r w en t to F o rt Hays and w h ile t h e r e s m a rried . a famous eques^t r Ie n n e 9 a f t e r w h ic h 'h e l e f t h e r in Cheyenne, and came to .th e B lack B i l l s w ith C h a rle s ( C o lo rad o } U tte r and o th e rs * Wild-' B i l l ’ s ap p earan ce as d e s c r ib e d by C o n n elly was; flH is eyes w ere b lu e b u t co u ld f r e e z e to a c r u e l ' s t e e l g re y a t th e th rea t' o f © vll' -oi? danger,. > ■n&e'-man/Who 'lnourred h i s d is p l e a s u r e , g lim p sin g them b r i e f l y from u n d e r-h a lf- s h u t l i d s , saw them as e o ld s g r e e n is h * # : « W ild B i l l 9S h a i r was g o ld en brown,.' m atching th e c o lo r o f h i s d ro o p in g m u s t a c h e * lB als long h a i r gaue hlm som ething o f a g i r l i s h ' lo o k tout t h i s w a s-n o t c o n tra d ic to r y * In r e a l i t y - 'I o h g ' h a i r ' was a badge o f manhood ' and 'c o u r a g e ,;■w o rn 'a s a c h a lle n g e to any In d ia n who th o u g h t h im s e lf a b ra v e ■» -a c h a l­ le n g e to come and ta k e , It-* I t was a te m p ta tio n and a ' d e fia n c e f la u n te d c a r e le s s ly , and c o n s ta n tly i n th e fa c e o f v ic io u s and tr e a c h e r o u s enemies:* * .« , ', ■ ; Wil'd: B i l l was o v er s i x f e e t t a l l w ithout" s h o e s , *and th e b o o ts h e w ore. had. h e e ls two in c h e s-h ig h * He sometimes-.wore a b ro a d ’ s a s h 'o f e m b r o id e r e d - s c a r le t- s ilk * - His- f a v o r i t e hat- was a d a rk f e l t - w ith a b ro a d brim* D uring th e summer o f 1876 th e c i t i z e n s o f ' Deadwood decided they, sh o u ld h av e some form- o f governm ent to o v e r r u le th e rough c la s s y -,"and I t was rum ored t h a t W ild B i l l was to be a p p o in te d c h i e f o f p o lic e * Bse ro u g h e r f a c t i o n w arned-him to g e t o u t o f town b u t W ild B i l l was n o t to h e b u l l i e d by anyone *, - Bo d u rin g , th e ' a f te rn o o n o f 'A ugust S s -as h e was -p lay in g p o k er w ith a group .o f '."friends- i n sa lo o n lumber' 1 0 la c k Ic O a ll sneaked In the f r o n t door; and s h o t W iid - B ill in "the back o f th e head* ■McCall was t r i e d f o r m urder by a-m iners* c o u r t and a c q u itte d tout was', l a t e r p ic k e d Up b y .f e d e r a l a u t h o r i t i e s , c o n v ic te d , and hanged a t Y a n k to n ,. South Dakota*. • - ■ ,,3W&gh. .G^geteyy .o v e r i ^ ^ i h g th e i>own vshere h e m et h i s ends % e o r i g i n a l m arker a t h i s grave wa6 on an O rd in ary b o ard and was p la c e d th e r e by h i s f r ie n d * C olorado C h arley * I t read s ' , . '‘W ild B ill* J ei B* ,E Iek o k s k i l l e d by th e a s s a s s in ? la c k McCall* JJeadwood9 B lack S i l l s ? Augnst 3? 1876* P ard we w i l l .m eet a g a in i n th e happy h u n t i n g ,g ro u n d .. to p a r t . no more? Goodbyet C olorado C harley? 0* H9 S tte r ? .R, Also, d u rin g t h i s Venturesom e tim e came C alam ity Aane9 Her r e a l name was M artha A ane■Canary* M issouri* May I? 1852» She was b o rn in P rin c e to n ? I t i s s a id t h a t h e r f a t h e r was a B a p tis t m in i s te r and t h a t Jan e was w e ll e a re d f o r in h e r c h ild h o o d days* At th e - age o f s ix t e e n she ra n away from sc h o o l and m a rrie d an army o f f ic e r * Soon a fte rw a rd s Aane “ sk ip p e d o u t* .to P o r t . .S teele and' became a f r ie n d o f th e s o l d i e r s and te am sters* She became q u ite an e x p e rt in h a n d lin g teams and when an e x p e d itio n was s e n t n o rth * she donned men Is a t t i r e and w ith th e a id o f h e r ' .h '' . f e llo w p ack ers? o b ta in e d a p o s i t i o n w ith th e governm ent p ack tr a in * In t h i s work she p ro sp e re d f o r s e v e r a l months* ■ When th e e x p e d itio n reach ed H at Greek s t a t i o n th e t r a i n m a s te r .dia* c o v e re d .h e r sex and as th e r e s u l t d isc h a rg e d -h e r* ■C alam ity Aanei S f i r s t in tr o d u c tio n to th e B lack H i l l s was in 1875* She' came in as a s o l d i e r .in th e m i l i t a r y e x p e d itio n u n d e r G en eral C foeks who I n A ugust9 1875? o rd e re d th e m in e rs to IO"'* I'Q&Ve the. H i l l s u n t i l t r e a t i e s e o u ld he made w ith th e T n d iah e» H ef n e x t t r ip in to th e H i l l s was i n 1876 w ith a party in which W ild B i l l H ickoh and' C h a rle s U tte r -Were m em bers : . In 1878 a t e r r i b l e epidem ic o t sm a ll pox b r o k e . o u t '.among th e m in e rs and p e o p le o f BeadwoodU Most o f th e p eo p le were a f r a i d to go n e a r th e s tr ic k e n * ■Women were few to .n u r s e th e ,sick* I n th e ho tir o f t e r r o r and d e a th th e re cam© to 'the, f r o n t a w i l l i n g v o lu n te e r* th e mule* s k in n in g 9 b u ll* w h ack in g and rough ro v in g woman* C alam ity Jane* ' Bay and n ig h t she went.; among th e s ic k and dying and f o r weeks n u rse d them and tended, to t h e i r w an ts. • P ercy R u s s e ll remembers C alam ity Jane as "a medium*ais©d woman w ith d ark brown h a i r and e y e s . In h e r y o u th she was o f s p le n d id form , c l e a r com plexion and uncommonly good looking*. In h e r o ld e r age th© rough l i f e o f th e p la in s and t r a i l s , co a rs­ ened h e r .-appearance* She was, a s tr o n g m ix tu re o f th e w ild* f. ' • ' untam ed c h a r a c te r o f th e p la in s, and m ountain t r a i l s and g en e r­ o u s, k in d ly - h e a rte d , womanhood* But u n d er th e rough e x t e r i o r .th e re , b e a t - a h e a r t 's o M g and f r ie n d ly , as to be w ith o u t;measure* B rave, e n e rg e tic * k in d , alw ays bn th e l i n e o f a c tio n ., w ith a h e lp in g hand e v e r tu rn e d to th e poor and, u n fo rtu n a te, ,the p e r s o n a l i t y o f C alam ity Jane became in d e lib ly stam ped upon th e minds o f th e .p io n e e r s .n • . . B efo re h e r d e a th . C alam ity Jane re q u e s te d to be burled by • 5 ‘ th© s id e o f W ild B ills. ' ■ . ' s - '/ Th,i s r e q u e s t was c a r r i e d o u t by ,the p io n e e r s of. th e Blaok H ills # She d ie d i n T e rry 5 a fev> m ile s . so u th w est o f Beadwood5 Augus't S5 1905# -I-'" -' . / y / , I •'' ''\l'''''i:'$dhnny P e r r i f t was b e t t e r -known as P o ta to Oreek- JoEiihy. and Is--VOf a - l i t t l e - l a t e r p e r io d th a n t h a t o f W ild B i l l ■and; O al amity# P d tatp y O reek Johnny came to th e B lack' H i l l s from W ales. ih: 18855 - A ./-'. ' ' ' -' ' " ' . and worked in a b a rb e rsh o p f o r a s h o r t tim e* He soon gave up. b a r b e r in g and w ent to work in th e m ines and m i l l s i n th e v i c i n ­ i t y o f Deadwood5 b u t t h i s seemed to him as a r a t h e r d rab way o f l i v i n g so h e .d ec id ed to do some p la c e r mining* He went in to th e H igger H i l l d i s t r i c t and s t a r t e d panning g o ld on: P o ta to Greek* I t was here- t h a t h e found th e l a r g e s t n u g g et e v e r to be d is c o v ­ e re d i n th e B lack H ills * Ih e n u g g et w eighed seven and three*=- f o u r th s o u n ce s5 and a r e p l i c a o f i t .may be seen i n th e Adams Museum i n Deadwood5 Hp washed g o ld as lo n g as h e w a s. a b le and th e n s p e n t th e l a s t rem ain in g y e a rs o f h i s - l i f e in Deadwood* W hile th e r e h e d e lig h te d th e t o u r i s t s w ith h i s t a l e s o f th e , p la c e r m ining days,, and a ls o d u rin g t h i s tim e made a few t r i p s to M in n eap o lis ■and Chicago to .show th e fo lk s -a t .tr a v e l shows how to pan gold* . . . P o ta to Greek Johnny was o f - s l i g h t b u ild * b e in g under f iv e f e e t t a l l * . He wore h i s h a i r -Iong9 and h i s round f a c e was co v ered w ith a b e a rd and m ustache* H is eyes were b lu e and ■ alw ays tw in k le d when h e spoke o f h i s g o ld pan n in g days* P o ta to Creek Johnny d ie d in 1945 and i s b u r ie d b e s id e C alam ity Jan e and Wild, B ill# "r'2-S,w G h ap ter 21 S c u lp tu re S c u lp tu re IS' th e e a r l i e s t a r t we know* P r im itiv e £an s c u lp tu r e d his,ham m ers and k n iv e s from sto n e and d e sig n e d them f o r a d e f i n i t e purpose* Ih e to o ls w ere made to f i t th e hands and d e sig n e d to cope w ith th e s i t u a t i o n f o r w hich th e to o l was ' made * Man h a s p ro g re s s e d s in c e t h a t tim e s h u t'w e s t i l l •u se th e same medium, s to n e , f o r some o f o u r s c u lp tu r e d p ie c e s * We can le a r n much from th e -p r im it iv e man ab o u t h i s a r t in working w ith . stone? th e y knew' th e .m a te r ia l w ith which th ey w ere working and took ad v an tag e o f forms n a t u r a l to th e m a te ria l* w ith th e s c u lp to r today* So i t m ust be He sh o u ld know th e m a te r ia ls w ith which he i s w o rk in g , though toddy we have many mediums o th e r, th an s to n e in which to e x p re ss o u r s e lv e s * . Each o f th e s e m a te r i­ a l s h as c h a r a c t e r i s t i c 's o f i t s own .and what i s im p o rta n t i s t h a t th e e f f e c t s o f one s e t o f to o ls on one k in d o f m a te r ia l sh o u ld ' n o t be im ita te d i n a n o th e r m a te r ia l by a n o th e r s e t o f to o ls * ih e aim o f th e, s c u lp to r sh o u ld be to r e p r e s e n t his. c o n c e p tio n s in th e forms, n a t u r a l to th e m a te r ia l i n w hich,he i s working* , . . . .. . ■: r ■ : ' S c u lp tu re being, a th re e -d im e n s io n a l a r t i s th e a r t . m ost n e a r ly r e l a t e d to a r c h i t e c t u r e ^ . S c u lp tu re i s more s o li d whereas a r c h i t e c t u r e is. hollow * fI he G reeks and E g y p tia n s ten d ed tow ard th e s e s c u l p t u r a l a s p e c ts in .th e ir b u ild i n g s . S c u lp tu re i s never. XS'": in any tr u e se n se a r c h ite c tu r a l^ , tout th e two a r e o f te n combined* A r c h ite c tu r e m ust h av e a b ase from which i t is . i n e v ita b ly bound, S c u lp tu r e , o n -th e o th e r ,h a n d , may b e - f re e * I t is in te re s tin g to .note a few v a r i a t i o n s o f sc u lp tu re d - p ie c e s such-■ae' t h e - 'e a r l i ­ e s t known p ie c e o f •sc u lp tu r e , th e p r e h i s t o r i c iv o ry s t a t u e t t e from th e G ro tte d e ' L espugue» ■ S i IS p ie c e h a s n o .b a s e and i s v a l i d from any a n g le o r any p o in t o f view* B a rla c h ’ s.w a r memo* r i a l a t Gustrow; I s f r e e to h o v e r in the ..air, and B ra n c u s i9s Commencement du Mondef1 r e s t s on a p o in t* Some' animated • forms o f s c u lp tu r e have been p e r f e c te d by th e American s c u lp to r , A lexander Ga ld e r* '■ These m o b ile 'p ie c e s a re e ith e r - suspended o r r e s t on a p i v o t a l p o in t* rXhrough th e s e exam ples one can. r e a d i ly se e t h a t th e s c u lp to r h a s q u ite a v a r ie d means th ro u g h which to e x p re ss h im s e lf , Ih e d e s ig n e r o f t h i s monument f e e l s t h a t sine©- t h i s p r o j e c t ■ would, be a ■com m ission sp o n so re d .b y th e Chamber o f Commerce t h a t th e m em orial w i l l , o f c o u r s e , h av e to be done to m eet t h e i r approval.. This does n o t mean t h a t th e s t y l e or t h e ; te c h n iq u e used i n th e s c u lp tu r in g w i l l n e c e s s a r ily be s talm a te d ,' b u t i t does mean t h a t th e s c u lp tu r e d s t a t u e s o f the th r e e f ig u r e s w i l l hav e to toe r e p r e s e n te d i n a manner tr u e to th e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f each in d iv id u a l toeing d e p ic te d ,' ,These l i m i t a t i o n s a r e o f c o u rse n o t a h in d e ra n c e b ecau se m ost any p r o j e c t o f .th is type would hav e c e r t a i n q u a l i f i c a t i o n s th a t, would h ave to be com plied w ith* ^24*1 % 8 m a t e r i a l wsedl w i l l InflueK ioe .th o m anner i n # ^ lo h th e g o u lp tu ro d f i g u r e s , a r e to W e x e e u t W * O aet e to n e 'l e ' , m a te r ia l^ .having q u a l i t i e s s i m i l a r .to some .e f # ie A a W ^ ^ 'e to w a ■ . ’ ■' ■■' • . ■ './-i'! I," t h a t e re need f o r sc u lp tu r in g ; th e r e f o r e th e s o u l n t u r a l a e rg o te ' ' . '. .t::' . o f th e c a s t s to n e w ill h e t r e a t e d more o r l e s s i n 'the'-same ■•'■■ , ■ ■ ■ m anner as s e u lp tu r in g In g r a n i t e o r san d sto n e^ • ". " ./ : I h e h eav ^ ato n y q u a l i t y o f th e c a s t ■a to n e w i l l b e k ep t th ro u g h o u t t h e ''s c u lp tu r e d p i e c e 6 ■Tao s ta tu e s - w i l l be s i m p l i f i e d l e t t i n g th e Volumess m asses and p la n e s co m p lete th e form o f the s c u lp tu r e d p ie c e * - d e f i n i t e embodiment "in t h e o a s t s to n e e q n lp tu re d -pleoee w i l l be end uring, and p r a c t i c a l b e c a u s e -th e r e w ill, -be no -th in •se c tio n s to weaken any p o rtio n o f th e .s ta tu e * ;..Ihe s t a t u e s a r e p ie c e d a t e l i g h t l ? d if f e r e n t l e y e l e so th a t one fig u r e t r i l l h ot o b atru ot the v iew o f the f ig u r e behind i t * T his arrangem en t o f th e th ree-d im en sion al f ig u r e s a l s o 'c r e a t e s ■ ' an i n t e r e s t i n g t r i a n g u l a r shape Which keeps the sp ecta to r* a v is io n , w ith in t h e .a r e a o f th e f ig u r e s and h as r e l i e f , She s c u lp tu r e d f i g u r e s and th e background were alw ays, ' th o u g h t o f as a u n i t and- any changes I n th e grouping, o f th e f ig u r e s a ls o n e c e s s i t a t e d a change i n th e s u p e r s t r u c tu r e o r background* %%a p h o to g ra p h s on p ag es 8b and 06 show th e menu* m eat i n s e c t i o n s » th e f i g u r e s a n d .s e c tio n s o f R e m o ld s, *18*» ' : 1 ■ ' ' ‘ ’C h ap ter 1IXZ :- OonpfeW and Oaa t Stsote ' ' ' Ae^" ' , : V'; atone ' ' ' ' o#m6» t 'eM v a te r In to a pa6ta and M W lh^#nto " ' f e 'is -p aste a ' f i n e m a t e r i a l snob m sen d and a . a o a r s e r m a te r ia l su eh as broken s tone* ■g ra v e l* alag ^ o r c in d e r s s TJpon th e hardening o f the paato th e e n t ir e mass becomes Ilk o a so lid ' atonev' ■Easa •ed n erete was employed by the S g y p tl an a- and Romans * b u t the u se o f' s t e e l ■reln fereem eh ts d id n o t b egin u n t i l the nineteenth, ■w n t u r y 'o f our era* ' . Beoauae o f I t s oonq)oeltlon o o n o rete h a s g r e a t oompreaalve stre n g th but M t t l e a b i l i t y to #l% atan d tenalon* S t e e l bare* rods* o r math fa b r ic oon seou en tly are Incorporated in to th ose p a r ts o f th e oon orete members # e r a I t . i s req u ired th a t t e n s i l e s t r e s s e s be r e s is te d * Wo oid ssea* Concrete may* th erefore* be d iv id ed in to m&ee Gonor&ta* # e r e the w o i # t or bulk Is req u ired and where to a la r g e degree on ly eom presalve s t r e s s e s are pres* e&t* and r e in fo r c e d co n crete* vhere i t i s n ece ssa r y to in trod u ce s t e e l In to tho body o f the m a te r ia l to co u n tera ct the t e n s ile s t r e s s e s caused -by t h e ,nature o f the a ssistin g lo a d s * . Ihe proposed monument w i l l more or l e s s be con sid ered as mass co n cr ete due to th e f a c t th a t th ere i s no e x te r n a l p r e ssu r e , tout I t w i l l b e ' a ls o re in fo r ced to compensate fo r s h if t in g which may occur* I h is s h i f t i n g la d ou b tfu l s in c e the form ation, o f rock upon which th e monument i s to b e p laced 1@ c lo s e to the . :| I VtiyvU ' VM': GWffaoe maki## a #ood bond, fo y the fo o tin g s o f the stn w W r e* ^atey^oem eat f a t l o ; Too wnob v a to r in oonopete Pandero t h e ''baate (ea&ent and w ater) th in and watery 4**%$ ar%)dMuw}4&e&4i;kie' - .; ■ bold%% 'atwen^%h* Many t e a t s have sho%n th a t Wie atpen^@; o f ■''■■.■'■/' ' :-'."V'' ;>: w orkable oon orete rem ain s th e same f o r a g iv en w ater*O^nent '■ ' r a t i o I r r e s p e c tiv e o f th e am ounts o f th e a g g re g a te s^ A em ail amount o f aggregate w i l l #rodu@e n f l u i d oonalem ten oy, more aggregatea w i l l eauae a p la s t ia o o n d itlon * and . s t i l l a d d i tio n a l a g g re g a te w i l l re n d e r th e © o n ereta d ry and• s t i f f ? but .the s tr e n g ih w i l l alw ays remain th e same. The dbapeotenletK o elem ent o f o a e t atone l e the aggregate com position^ con seq u en tly th e aggregate must be exposed upon th e fa c e s id e o f th e p iece* The oement* a ggregates and w ater a re mixed a s f o r any o o n o reto -and th e n e a s t in molds# She molds may be o f aand* wood* metal^ g e la tin * op p la s t e r , as the requirem ents o f the p ie c e ln d io a te* The b e e t e a s t sto n e l a o f th e same com p osition throughout th e p ie c e , E w h s to n e Is c a s t in molds o f m etal o r o th e r m ater- I a l s $ Tbnly th e fa ce Ie composed o f th e s e le c te d aggregates and the backing I s o f obaaper m a teria l* By t h is method the q u a n tity o f s p e c ia l agg reg a te I e r e la t iv e ly e m a il, and d i s t i n c t i v e r e s u lt s may be ob tain ed w ith o u t g r e a t in c r e a se In coat* Mhe l a t t e r method w i l l be d isregard ed s in c e th e scu lp tu red p ie c e s o f the monument w i l l be o f the same com position throughout* A fter the e a s t sto n e h a s s e t s u f f i c i e n t l y , th e forma are ,1 7 » reinoved. and,' tihe S u rfa c e ig ' re a d y -fo p treatm ent* bd had by hand to o lin g ■’v’v/ ' 0 'Wd:r:-'Methods o f f i n i s h ' \ . ' fade^.a'nd .the c o lo r and ex p o sed 6' A f 3,nI sh' may d r by g r in d in g w ith A ilid o n earboB» In ' ■ ■ th e cem ent i s e lim in a te d from,'.'the'- s u r , : ' ' ' te x tu r e o f th e ag g reg a ted d e f i n i t e l y I h i s may be acco m p lish ed by sp ra y in g a f in e w ater m is t a t ab o u t 40 pounds p r e s s u r e Upon th e fad© o f th e p ie c e when th e form s a re removed. A nother method i s to b ru sh th e ■ s u r f a c e when 6 to 24 h o u rs o ld w ith b r i s t l e b ru sh e s o r w ith a f i n e w ire m esh, A t h i r d method i s to c le a n th e s u r fa c e w ith 20% to 50$ m u r ia tic a c id and w ater* S ince th e cement w i l l n o t ta k e a p o l i s h p i t i s n e c e s s a ry t h a t th e a g g re g a te s be combined' and g rad ed so t h a t they .cover alm o st th e e n t i r e s u r f a c e o f the. fade* Ihe cem ents w ater* and a g g re g a te r a t i o s m ust be p ro p e rly ad h ered to* though any d e s ir e d s u r f a c e te x tu r e and c o lo r com, b i h a t Iott may be o b ta in e d , iBie m a te r ia l i s en d u rin g and econ» om ical* Form ulas f o r C a st S to n e and P re i-C ast C o n crete . • A b u l l e t i n on w a ll c o n s tru c tio n * sponsored, by th e HelSon Cement S tone Company* In c o rp o ra te d * g iv e s a fo rm u la f o r .c o n c re te w hich c o u ld be u sed in th e mass c o n s tr u c tio n o f th e monument. I n t h i s t e s t th e y used a c o n c re te m ix tu re which c o n ta in e d one .. 1 p a r t cement* 2>8 p a r t s o f d ry sand and 4 ,2 p a r t s o f d ry g ra v e l* by w eight* an Inch-. Bie washed p i t g r a v e l h ad th e maximum siz e , o f; s /4 o f I h i s form ula was u sed on w a ll specim ens 8 f e e t.h ig h * 3 -f&st wi4e and; XO ln e h e a th ic k * ■ T he,coarse g r a v e l in t h i s , • f/; ..■ ■'• ■ Sii^tnrevwonXGl n o t do f o r th e f ig u r e s o r r e l i e f b ecau se any c h i s e li n g o r c u t t i n g would te n d to knock o u t th e coan'def:';c aggre^ ' i%vv' : ' ' ' ' ' ' "" $: ,g a t e s 'l e a v i n g uneven edges=•. VlVi-?;-''" " ‘ ''VV?"?'-'V'" * • ■ ■ ." : v h/;.v ;v- - ■ "Andr6 Smith Uses 8 p a r t s o f c l e a r w hite sand, to v lv p a r t -ceinent* These ex p e rim en ts w ere on r e l a t i v e l y sm a ll p a n e ls n o t ex ceed in g 30 x 36 inches,* T his was done o n ly b ec au se o f th e tim e e le m e n tj, o r s e t t i n g time* which made i t n e c e s s a ry f o r him to p la c e in h i s d e s ig n and -out o u t th e p a t t e r n b e f o r e th e m ixture-becam e h a r d . - ' A. v a r i e t y o f good m ix tu re s f o r c a s tin g a re as f o l i o was ■' . I*. go^ m arb le d u s t o r g r a n i t e d u s t to 80/5 ■cement fo r. smooth surfaces,* • g., '35% m arb le d u s t o r g r a n i t e d u s t to 65% -cement f o r medium smooth su rfa c e s* 3,* 35% m arb le dus t,s 15% sand,, and .50% cem ent f o r rough s u rfa c e s * - I n experim ents,* on m ix tu re s o f g r a n i t e d u s t and cem ent i t was found t h a t 2 cem ent to 3 g r a n i t e d u s t g a te a-V ery f in e tex^ tu r e to th e surface,* Ih e a g g re g a te s were w e ll d is p e rs e d though ■v ■ - ■' . -n o t q u ite dense enough,. A nother m ix tu re o f I ^ cem ent to 3 g r a n i t e d u st* w ith j u s t enough w a te r to keep the m ix tu re to g e th ­ e r , was v ib r a te d in to a wooden box and l e f t to s e t . #ben t h i s m ix tu re was ta k e n o u t o f th e box th e exposed s u r f a c e had a much d e n s e r p a t t e r n o f a g g re g a te s c r e a tin g a b e t t e r lo o k in g -piece* Both o f th e s e m ix tu re s a r e e a s i l y c h is e le d and a r e g o o d .s tro n g " ■ m ix tu re s and w i l l s ta n d up w e lly • - - O ther le a n e r m ix tu re s, were itta4 e"<niat#. a i» e« tfe-ey W f a l l epaiTt'i ' • ■’ - • A. f a s t s la b o f b a s t stone,1was pounod in to e fo .w i s '-lnohes widOff 32 in ch es long and !& Inohes deep=. •.. ■ . - was !Ir dem ent to 3 g r a n i t e d u st* , Tbe mix fo r t h is t e s t ' ' A l a y e r 3 /4 o f an inch./deep was f i r s t poured and a heavy s c re e n was s e t I n a t t h i s IeV el to r e in f o r c e th e S la h i w ith th e s c re e n In i t s p ro p e r place a n o th e r la y e r o f c a s t Stone 3 /4 o f .a n in c h deep was poured over th e e n t i r e a r e a making th e s la b I f in c h e s th ic k s I h i s s la b h ad a v e ry smooth s u r fa c e due to th e f a c t t h a t th e s u r f a c e s id e o f •’t h e s la b was poured a g a in s t a f l a t p ie c e o f p l a t e g l a s s s A draw ing o f th e c o m p o sitio n f o r the r e l i e f was drawn upon t h i s s la b and th e n th e r e l i e f c h is e le d out* The c h i s e l s worked w e ll and good C lean edges w ere m a in ta in e d th ro u g h o u t e k e e p t f o r a few p la c e s where a i r b u b b le s h ad formed d u rin g th e p o u rin g o f th e C ast ffo n e* ..... ■ Chapter IV %ie Menmaeht and. I t s 'O o n s trn a tid n ■ - The monument id -adapted1 to th e s lo p in g t e r r a i n upon which i t id to be " b u ilt. S in ce a s t r u c t u r e of- 'th ie ty p e i s dependent on p ro p e r lig h tin g 's " i t w i l l h av e to be p la c e d i n a p o s i t i o n to ta k e ad v a n tag e o f th e summer su n . F or -this re a so n th e monument w i l l fa c e so u th and th e h ig h e r s id e w i l l be tow ard th e west* (See P la te Xp -p* 27«) Ih e monument w i l l be c o n s tru c te d a c c o rd in g , to governm ent s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ,on r e in f o r c e d concrete* and w i l l "be b u i l t b y ;a com petent c o n s tr u c tio n co n cern s e le c te d by th e Chamber of. Commerce .Committee i n ch a rg e o f th e p r o je c t* Ih e f ig u r e s ■and r e l i e f w i l l be composed o f cem ent and. g r a n i t e o r m arb le d u s t aggregates- c a r e f u l l y -p acked or v ib ra ted in to th e m olds so t h a t th e a g g re g a te s w i l l show, upon th e s u r f a c e . Ih e m odels o f W ild B i l l H iek o k p C alam ity J a n e y a n d 'P o ta to Greek Johnny w i l l be b u i l t Up i n p la s t e r o f P a r is over, an arm* a tune, Ih e s e w i l l th e n be carved down to the- d e s ir e d prop or* tie rs . To e lim in a te th e d an g er o f ch ip p ed edges and a ls o to f a c i l i t a t e - a b e t t e r c a s tin g jo b , th e f ig u r e s w i l l be -k e p t com­ p a c t and s im p lif ie d w ith no- t h i n s e c tio n s o r sh a rp p ro tru d in g e d g e s« S ince th e w ea th er v a r ie s from f re e z in g to thaw ing tem pera­ tu r e s P i t w a s .n e c e s s a ry in th e d e s ig n in g o f th e monument to e lim in a te th e low p la c e s w hich would h o ld w ater* *-23.” 1Hhe s d a le model I n p l a s t e r o f 'P a r i s (s e e phonography ps 24#) h a s-e iro lv e ii from a: S e r ie s o f sk etch es i n p l a s t i c i n e ,#5 rBiis o i l c Iayy due 't o " I t s ' p l a s t i c ' g ila lltie s y I s i a v e r y ' good medium f o r w orking th re e -d im e n s io n a l p ie c e s * and i s always' p lia b le # P l a a t i o l n e w i l l n o t d ry o u t Changes ■in th e sk e tc h in t h i s m a te r ia l can be r e a d i l y made w henever t h e ' m odeler w ishes' to do s o . ■ A nother ad v an tag e o f p i a s t l e i n e i s t h a t i t w i l l n o t adhere to p l a s t e r o f P a r i s ? making i t i d e a l f o r removing c a s ts # . Ihroug h a p ro c e s s o f e lim in a tio n and a l t e r i n g the. monument h a s l o s t th e b i l l b o a r d e f f e c t'w h ic h i t had i n th e f i r s t . d e s i g n s # I t mow, h a s a m a ssiv e n e ss and s c u l p t u r a l q u a lity ' w hich is . i d e a l f o r th e t e r r a i n , and landscape, upon which th e m em orial i s to be b u ilt# lBae m odels o f th e b as r e l i e f and o f th e f ig u r e s w i l l be „ done i n ' a stu d io # Each f ig u r e w i l l c o n ta in an a rm a tu re P o ver which th e " p la s te r o f P a r is ' w i l l ' be ro u g h ly b u i l t up to .th e s p e c i f i e d d im en sio n s o f th e fig u re # When t h i s i s com pleted and th e p l a s t e r o f P a r is i s d ry th e p ro c e s s o f c h i s e l i n g b e g in s y and i t i s th ro u g h t h i s c u t t i n g t h a t th e p ie c e o f s c u lp tu r e w i l l be r e f in e d and the 'm asses' and volum es b ro u g h t o u t# - -1H here i s to be no i n t r i c a t e d e t a i l , only th e planes- and volumes w ill su g g est th e form and co m p o sitio n o f th e s c u lp tu r e d p iece# From, th e se model s t a t u e s w i l l be ta k e n th e s e c t i o n a l molds f o r th e c a s t sto n e .pieces#. 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Ik IB lRiAhS AID MBTKODS OP ARGBITBOTBRAL COIfSTRBGTIOK, Jdbn W llep and. Spas I n c , , lew Y ork, " ' ' ' “ 1 ' ..................■ Phofoqraph of Model Monument Gast in Plaster of Paris -as Photoqraphs 5 homing Sections of Model Monument Z Shouuincj sec+ions ujith bas relieF m b ack aioK "U Q O i-O 3 zr (Z) Calamity Jonc7UJiW Bill Hickok and Fbtato CreeK Johnny Poterto Cnaek Johnny -33- O O Q<yi Pr ZJ CL Calomitu Jone g 27 PLATE I . !■/ •• ' • BIRDS EVE V IE W OF MEMORIAL PLACING- OF STATUES A - POTATO CREEK. JOHNNY B - WI LD BILL HICKOK C - CALAMITY J A U E - 28 PLATE H . (*---- 5‘ . •• •■ 4 .■ «• ^ i t • « r I . » -v r INSIDE 3 ■y . •, 11 > f r / :: r i ^ T * : r y V IE W OF : > t • ;» ? LEFT WALL -2 9 - PLATE EL SCALE 1/6"= I OUTSIDE V IE W OF LEFT WALL PLATE TZ FR O N T AND TOP V IE W OF BACK. WALL 31 PLATE BACK V IE W OF MONUMENT UNE SHOW ING GROUND PLATE 53 A *■ F E E T RI5E IN 18 FEET » 33 PLATE MT FRONT A N D TOP VIEW OF STEFS PLATE 'SOL. 3 IMCH OVER - HAMQ- ON CAP A/4 INCHES DEPTH OF RELIEF RELIEF SET IN 2 INCHES WITH A I INCH DROP VO THE a INCHES . 6' L CAST STONE BLOCK. FOR INSCRIPTION I •!! t I i * %• LAWN • , t t 11 H I t JJlAJ SCALE */j'W I ' C R 055 SECTION OF BACK WALL PLATE JX REINFORCEMENT RODS r e l ie f cast im horiz o n ta l POSITION THEM RAISED INTO PLACE AND THE CONCRETE WALL POURED AROUND IT. CONCRETE TO b e POURED AROUND,_ SiTBEL RODS FOR ARMATURE ___ * PIETAL PLATE. m etal plate w e l d e d on RODS',FORMS THE BASE OF ARM­ ATURE. HOLE IN CAST FOR BOLT WILL BE &RCUTED IN WHEN STATUE IS BOLTED IN PLACE . SKETCH OF RELIEF AND ARMATURE —3 6 - PLATE PIASTER. OF X PARiS mold r e in f o r c in g - rods metal b a n d MOLDS ' ^ MOLD TOGETHER V -N SKETCH MOLD , S H O W IN G THE METHOD OF C A S T FR O M M ODEL. 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