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"The West" Statue
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"The West" statue at the first floor southwest entrance the Wisconsin State Capitol. Vinnie Ream Hoxie modeled this statue in 1866-1868. It was carved in Rome and exhibited at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Her gowns were blown by the prairie winds.
Potter, James T.
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