Captain William Clark Monument

Captain William Clark Monument
Naming of Mt. Jefferson
The monument in 2018
Artist	Michael Florin Dente
Year	1988 (1988)
Medium	Bronze sculpture cement, stone (base)
Subject	William Clark York
Location	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Coordinates	45°34′15.9″N 122°43′28.9″W

The Captain William Clark Monument, also known as Naming of Mt. Jefferson,[1] is an outdoor monument commemorating William Clark by art professor Michael Florin Dente, installed on the University of Portland campus, in Portland, Oregon, United States.

History

The memorial was dedicated on December 11, 1988, and features 7-foot (2.1 m) bronze sculptures of Clark, York, who was Clark's slave, and an unnamed Native American on a 4-foot (1.2 m) cement and stone base.[1][2][3]

In 2020, during the anti-racism protests in the weeks after the police murder of George Floyd, the statue of York was removed.[4]

See also

• 1988 in art
• Lewis and Clark (sculpture), Salem

References

1. "Captain William Clark Monument, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
2. "April 3, 1806 – Lewis and Clark Expedition". University of Portland. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
3. Nip, Melissa (October 28, 2009). "Art on campus ranges from the broadly familiar to the diamonds in the rough". The Beacon. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
4. Rambo, K. (June 18, 2020). "University of Portland takes down statue of Lewis & Clark slave York". OregonLive.com. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.