Massasoit

This is a cast of one of American sculpture's most reproduced works: Cyrus Dallin's statue of Massasoit, the Wampanoag leader who kept peace with the Plymouth colonists in the 1620s. Dallin was a Utahn — born in Springville, raised among Ute neighbors, and known for sculptures that treated Native subjects with unusual dignity for his era. That a Utah-born artist's tribute to a New England Native leader stands here closes a kind of circle. The original overlooks Plymouth; copies, including this one, carry Dallin's vision across the country.

What the plaque says

Statue of Massassoit Historic Indian chief of Massachusetts Friend of the Pilgrim Fathers Sculptured by Cyrus E. Dallin famous Utah sculptor Plaster cast presented to the State of Utah by Mr. Dallin and accepted by the State of Utah on the 20th day of March, 1922 Cast into bronze and presented to the State of Utah in the year of 1959 by the Nicholas G. Morgan, Sr. Foundation under the direction of the Hon. Lamont F. Toronto Secretary of State of Utah

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Salt Lake City — 0.5 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 0.5 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Ensign Peak — 0.9 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Liberty Park — 2.3 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882

More markers nearby

• Founding of the State of Deseret-Founding of Utah — steps away
• Brigham Young Statue — steps away
• U.S.S. Utah Veterans Memorial — steps away
• Mormon Battalion Monument — steps away