Throughout St. Joseph you can find many stunning sculptures, murals and mosaics as you visit our city, some of the pieces dating back to the early 1900's.
St. Joseph has always been a city rich in history and artistic development. Looking back on the original building and homes, shows how long art has been a part of the St. Joseph community. From visual to performing arts the citizens of our town support and embrace the arts culture.
"Planting America" is a statue that features a mother, father and daughter planting an apple tree, and it is dedicated to the immigrants of St. Joseph. This monument is a newly added addition to our community, located at Pryor Park just off of Alabama Street in South Side St. Joseph. This was a project of the South Side Progressive Association. The piece was created by a sculptor out of Utah, Claudia Packer who also created the statue of Chief White Cloud, another public art piece in St. Joseph five years ago.
Immigrants Herman and Julia Fisher settled in the South Side during the 20th Century, moving to the area from Russia. The Catholic couple had six children who left money behind after their deaths, with $1.5 Million being left to the South Side Progressive Association for use to benefit the citizens of South St. Joseph. The Association decided that a public art piece fit the mission perfect. It would be a piece to reflect both the Fisher family and the immigrants of St. Joseph, beautifying the area which benefits the residents of the South End. The Fishers at one time tended an apple orchard on their property, which is the reasoning for the design of this art piece. The dedication to immigrants came in honor of the Fishers as well as other immigrants that came to St. Joseph to work in packing houses and the Stockyards. Landscaping and benches have been added to the viewing area as well.
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Beautiful sculpture and story of a great family. Thanks for the blog!
Hey there Miss Donna! Look at you go!! You are getting this blogging thing down pat. Hey I saw your son's story on one of the news shows a month ago. My family was talking in the kitchen when the story came on. They were shocked when I told them I know his mother. They didn't believe me until I got on your blog and showed them your story. It made it so real for them!!
Montana Country Real Estate:) The sculpture is a fabulous piece of art, isn't it? The Fishers were so much a part of the St Joseph community and so fortunate that they chose St Joseph for their home.
Hi Tami! You have been greatly missed on Active Rain, where have you been? Please don't stay away that long again. You are such a true friend and because of your help, here we are on a post, do you believe that? Thank you for telling your family about the Mark Reynolds story.
Fisher doesn't sound like a Russian name. I wonder if Herman was a fisherman so he changed his name to a more American-sounding Fisher. I'd like to know where the grandchildren are and what they are doing.