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.

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