Mennonite Settler statue
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The Mennonite Settler is a 17-foot limestone statue in Newton, Kansas, honoring Mennonite farmers and their wheat heritage.
The statue was crafted in 1942 by Topeka artist Max Nixon out of native Kansas limestone. It depicts a bearded Mennonite farmer with hat in hand, in an attitude of prayer. The sculpture rests on a mosaic tile base with the inscription "Commemorating entry into Kansas from Russia of Turkey Red Hard Wheat by Mennonites 1874." The statue commemorates the introduction from Russia of Turkey Red hard winter wheat by Mennonite settlers, which helped make Kansas the "breadbasket of America." The statue was jointly financed through a community fundraising drive and a Works Progress Administration (WPA) art project.
The statue was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998[1] and underwent an extensive three-year restoration that was completed in 2000.
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External links
- Kansas Travel and Tourism Division. Mennonite Settler Statue
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- 1942 sculptures
- Buildings and structures in Harvey County, Kansas
- German-Russian culture in Kansas
- Limestone statues in the United States
- Mennonitism in Kansas
- Monuments and memorials in Kansas
- Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas
- Stone sculptures in Kansas
- Works Progress Administration in Kansas
- 1942 establishments in Kansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Harvey County, Kansas
- Russian Mennonite diaspora in the United States
- Newton, Kansas