Chisholm - Dillingham Garden - Enid, OK
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N 36° 23.568 W 097° 52.248
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Several art relief sculptures have been placed in this memorial garden in Government Springs Park.
Waymark Code: WMDR9F
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/18/2012
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Sculptor, Harold T. Holden (1940-) is a world-renowned Western artist. He lives on a ranch near Kremlin, OK, and raises American Quarter Horses and Texas Longhorns.
Government Springs Park, Enid's first park, is located on the site of natural springs which served as a watering hole for drovers, soldier and cattle along the Old Chisholm Trail. Within the park, the beautiful Dillingham Memorial Garden contains several of Holden's sculptures.
Located around a retaining wall which displays Holden's "Holding the Claim" sculpture, are six bronze relief art sculptures by Harold Holden. This one is called "Chisholm." It shows a cattle drover on a horse in full gallop. Over his head, he is swinging a lasso in the hopes of roping one of the herd. Running ahead of him is a Texas longhorn steer. Prairie grass is sculpted beneath their feet. The bronze plaque is approximately two feet square. A second plaque beneath it reads:
CHISHOLMby Harold T. Holden
Era of the Cattle Trails
By the Close of the Civil War in 1865, the Cattle Herds and Cowboys
Form Texas Began Forging Trails Through Oklahoma and the Cherokee
Strip to the Rail Heads in Kansas. The Most Famous Route of all
Came Through Enid and was Called the Chisholm Trail. Many Drovers
Spent the Night Just South of this Monument and Used the Cool
Springs to Quench their Thirst and Wash off the Trail Dust.
P-T Coupling Co. Inc. – Major Donor