The Red Stick - Baton Rouge, LA
N 30° 31.203 W 091° 11.784
15R E 673052 N 3377796
Located on the Southern University campus, the Red Stick is the English translation for French Baton Rouge where the city acquired it's name.
Waymark Code: WM8988
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/21/2010
Views: 5
Beautiful and tall sculpture. Located next to Pelican, another piece by the late Frank Hayden, who was a Southern University faculity member from 1961 until his death in 1988.
Baton Rouge is French for Red Stick. The Choctaw and Bayou Goula Indians used a Red Stick to mark hunting boundries. When the French Explorers came through the area around 1700 they called the place "Le Baton Rouge" because of the Red Stick boundry marker. Hence the city got its name.
The sculpture is 36 feet high, very tall and is in fine condition. Dedication plaque is located next to piece with names of city and university officials in the 1976 time era.
TITLE: The Red Stick
ARTIST(S): Frank Hayden
DATE: 1976
MEDIUM: Aluminum (red anodized aluminum)
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS LA000206
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Scott's Bluff
Leon Netterville Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA
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