Trail of the Whispering Giants
The Trail

Trail of the Whispering Giants

Section Title: The Trail
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#	Date	Location	State/Province	Medium	Approx. Height	Picture/Name	Status

1	1972, February	La Jolla	California	Rock beach cliff	Lost

2	1972, Summer	Akron	Ohio	Maple

3	1973, January	DeLand	Florida	Oak	7 feet	Lost to rot

4	1973, February	Colquitt U.S. Highway 27	Georgia	Red Cedar	18 feet	Replaced with number 70. Reason for replacement unknown.

5	1973, April	Dothan Houston-Love Memorial Library	Alabama	Oak	20 feet	Mus-Quoian

6	1973, June	Sharon	Pennsylvania	Elm	20 feet	-

7	1973, August	Dunkirk Route 5, Lake Shore Drive West	New York	Elm	7.5 feet	-	Restored by the artist in 2014

8	1973, October	Wheeling	West Virginia	Elm	14 feet	Kanououara	Destroyed by Dutch elm disease

9	1973, December	Cleveland Museum Center at 5ive Points	Tennessee	Oak	10 feet	Cherokee Chieftain

10	1974, January	Punta Gorda Holiday Inn, 300 Retta Esplanade	Florida	Parota	15 feet

11	1974, October	Vancouver	Washington	White Fir	25 feet

12	1975, February	New Orleans	Louisiana	Oak	In storage.

13	1975, April	Little Rock Arkansas Arts Center	Arkansas	Oak	20 feet

14	1975, June	Fort Wayne	Indiana	25 feet	Destroyed by termites.

15	1975, August	Lansing Potter Park Zoo	Michigan	Elm	29 feet 3 inches	Removed in 2012.

16	1975, October	Sparland	Illinois	Oak

17	1975, December	Ocean Springs Davidson Park	Mississippi	Cypress	27 feet	Crooked Feather

18	1976, March	Wilmington Greenfield Park	North Carolina	Oak	27 feet	In 1979, the statue was moved from Greenfield Park to a walking trail near the "Lion's Bridge". In 1986, it was moved again to Buckhead, NC.

19	1976, May	Virginia Beach Mount Trashmore City Park	Virginia	Cypress	24 feet

20	1976, July	Atlantic City	New Jersey	Tulip Poplar	Missing (status unknown).

21	1976, September	Ocean City South Second Street & Baltimore Avenue	Maryland	Oak	20 feet	Assateague Indian

22	1976, December	Bethany Beach	Delaware	poplar	27 feet	Chief Little Owl	Destroyed by high winds in 1992; remains located at Indian Museum in Millsboro. Replaced in early 1990s, and again in 2002 with Statue #69.

23	1977, February	Charleston	South Carolina Charles Towne Landing	Darlington Oak	24 feet	Landing Brave

24	1977, May	St. Louis Forest Park	Missouri	Oak	19 feet

25	1977, July	Two Harbors Information Center 8, Highway 61 East	Minnesota	Pine	30 feet

26	1977, September	Hayward Carnegie Library	Wisconsin	Oak	34 feet	Tribute to the Ojibwe

27	1977, November	Desert Hot Springs Cabot's Pueblo Museum	California	Sequoia/Cedar	-

28	1978, June	Iowa Falls	Iowa	Cottonwood

29	1978, September	Troy Doniphan County Courthouse	Kansas	Burr Oak	27 feet	-

30	1979, May	Broken Bow	Oklahoma	Cypress

31	1979, August	Loveland 2033 Waterdale Drive, Rock Ridge Ranch	Colorado	Cottonwood	37 feet	-	Relocated to a private ranch on the northern side of US Route 34 (west of Loveland, CO) from its original location on the southern shore of Lake Loveland.

32	1979, October	Red Lodge Red Lodge Library	Montana	Ponderosa Pine	25 feet

33	Winslow Winslow Visitor Center	Arizona	Ponderosa Pine	40 feet

34	1980, May	Texarkana	Texas	Red Oak	Missing (status unknown).

35	1980, July	Lincoln Lincoln Indian Center	Nebraska	Cottonwood	25 feet	Fallen giant has succumbed to birds, bugs, and weather. It has been destroyed.

36	1980, September	Worland Washakie County Courthouse	Wyoming	Douglas fir	20 feet	Brave 36 - Trail of Whispering Giants Brave 36 of trail of whispering giants

37	1980, November	Idaho Falls North Tourist Park, Lincoln Road and North Yellowstone Highway	Idaho	Douglas Fir	27 feet

38	1981, June	Aberdeen Anderson Park	South Dakota	Cottonwood	25 feet	Moved indoors for repair; viewable by appointment.

39	1981, August	Mandan Stage Stop, 601 6th Avenue Southeast	North Dakota	Cottonwood	25 feet

40	1981, October	Valdez Prince William Sound College	Alaska	Sitka spruce	25 feet

41	1982, May	Osceola	Iowa	Cottonwood	Destroyed in 1993 by winds and flood; replacement created by Jesse Kuhs.

42	24 July 1982	Narragansett Sprague Memorial Park	Rhode Island	Douglas fir	20 feet	-

43	1982, October	Groton	Connecticut	Douglas fir	In storage.

44	1983, May	Ft. Lauderdale Seminole Indian tribe trading post	Florida	Cypress	30 feet

45	24 July 1983	Plymouth Tourist Information Center, Route 3, Exit 5	Massachusetts	Red Oak	30 feet	-

46	1983, October	Bar Harbor	Maine	Elm	Glooscap

47	22 July 1984	Burlington Battery Park	Vermont	Red Oak	34 feet	-

48	1984, September	Laconia Opechee Park	New Hampshire	Red Oak	36 feet	-

49	1984, November	Springfield Forest Park	Massachusetts	15 feet	-

50	1985, May	Paducah Bob Noble Park	Kentucky	Red Oak	35 feet	-	The sculpture was restored during the summer of 2016.

51	1985, August	Akron Fairlawn Elementary School	Ohio	Red Oak	30 feet	Rotaynah	The sculpture was removed in Fall 2018 due to its deteriorating condition and safety concerns, The face of the sculpture (roughly 14 ft high) was saved, is in storage, and is looking for an indoor home to preserve it for future viewing.

52	23 November 1985	Murray City Park	Utah	Cottonwood	Murray City Park State Street entrance.JPGChief Wasatch

53	1986	Reno Idlewild Park	Nevada	17 feet	Wa-Pai-Shone

54	1986	Las Cruces Southeast of Hwy 70	New Mexico	Pine	20 feet	Dineh

55	29 November 1986	Johnson City Metro-Kiwanis Park	Tennessee	Chestnut Oak	25 feet	JunaluskaSculptureOblique2 20160313 2.JPGChief Junaluska	The sculpture is in the process of being restored during October 2018.

56	1987, September 25	Hillsboro Shute Park	Oregon	Douglas Fir	25 feet	Chief Kno-Tah front - Hillsboro, Oregon.JPGChief Kno-Tah	Removed June 2017, after a windstorm caused damage that was deemed irreparable

57	1987	Astoria Youngs Bay Bridge	Oregon	Cedar	18 feet	Ikala Nawan

58	1988, May	Hale'iwa 59-254 Kamehameha Highway, between Sunset Beach and Sunset Beach Elementary School	Hawaii	Douglas Fir or redwood	25 feet	Maui Pohaku Loa

59	1988, October	Wakefield Dock on Sunday Lake	Michigan	20 feet	-

60	1988	North Bay Welcome Center	Ontario, Canada	16 feet	Nibising

61	1989, May	Ottawa Welcome Center	Illinois	13 feet	Ho-Ma-Sjah-Nah-Zhee-Ga

62	1989	Utica Starved Rock State Park	Illinois	Oak	20 feet	Chief Walks with the Wind

63	1989, September	Cherokee Museum of the Cherokee Indian	North Carolina	22 feet	-

64	1989	Concord "Buffalo Ranch" (defunct)	North Carolina	20 feet	Severely damaged

65	1989, October	Williamsport Brandon Park	Pennsylvania	20 feet	Woapalanee

66	Hollywood Seminole Reservation	Florida	May have been moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

67	1992	Winnipeg Beach In the Town Square	Manitoba, Canada	Cedar	30 feet	Anishinaabe

68	1999	Iowa Falls Foster Blvd., adjacent to the Veterans Memorial overlooking the Iowa River	Iowa	30 feet	New statue replacing Statue #28

69	2002	Bethany Beach Front of Town Hall on Garfield Parkway	Delaware	25 feet	Chief Little Owl	In 1992, termites and high winds destroyed Statue #22. A replacement statue was carved out of white oak by Dennis D.

70	2002	Colquitt Chamber of Commerce building on Highway 27	Georgia	18 feet	New statue replaces Statue #4

71	2005	Buckhead Waccamaw Siouan Indian Reservation	North Carolina	16 feet	New statue replaces Statue #18 that was moved to this location from Wilmington, NC

72	2005	Whiteville North Carolina Museum of Forestry	North Carolina	16 feet

73	2008	Délegyháza, Hungary	Stephen I of Hungary

74	2009	Vincennes First and Hart streets	Indiana	Black Oak	Tecumseh

Sentence(s)

The latest Whispering Giant carved was in Vincennes, Indiana, in 2009 out of Black Oak.

final_sentence: The latest Whispering Giant carved was in Vincennes, Indiana, in 2009 out of Black Oak.