What a wonderful tribute to a grandfather and his character, strength and determination! Mr. Wickham's cabin and the whole site where the statues are should be preserved from future damage and deterioration. Couldn't someone get interested in doing this? The Past is worth saving for the Future!!! Jo in Florida "Roger L. Smith" wrote: > On Tue, 13 May 2003, Helen C Davis wrote: > > > Hello this is my first post to the list. > > Welcome! > > > 30 years ago I visited Palmyra with my friend Ramona and her parents Mr. > > & Mrs. Hadley. We visited a place where there were statues made from > > concrete. They were painted and there were people and animals. I do > > have a scan of some of them if anyone is interested. > > > > Do any of you know anything about these statues? Who made them? Are > > they still there? > > Many of them have been destroyed, a few are still there (although > seriously damaged), and a few were saved (I think by Austin Peay State > University). They were made by E. T. Wickham. There's a really nice > webpage made by his grandson with information about him and the statues > at: > > http://www2.vscc.cc.tn.us/jschibig/images/a_tribute_to_my_grandfather.htm > > My father's wife is related this family. > > _\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_\|/_ > | Roger L. Smith Phone: 662-325-3625 | > | Systems Administrator FAX: 662-325-7692 | > | roger@ERC.MsState.Edu http://WWW.ERC.MsState.Edu/~roger | > | Mississippi State University | > |____________________________________ERC__________________________________|