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Express Website Owner: Jefferson Fairbanks, PhD, grandson of the sculptor Comments are welcome Related Links: Books on the Sculptor Avard Fairbanks by Eugene F. Fairbanks: "A Sculptor's Testimony in Bronze and Stone" "A Sculpture Garden of Fantasy" This web site is non-commercial in nature, and was not created for the purposes of selling art. Viewers interested in purchasing art may visit FairbanksArt.com for information regarding the sale of art. links: LDSMusician.com, LDSMusicNetwork.com, LDSMusicWorld.com, LDSMusic.org, BuyLDSMusic.com, |
Tragedy at Winter Quarters
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One of the most moving works of the sculptor Avard Fairbanks, the Tragedy at Winter Quarters is located near Omaha, Nebraska at the Pioneer Mormon Cemetary. This work depicts a pioneer father and mother standing over the open grave of their child. Roughly six thousand latter-day saints lost their lives while crossing the plains between 1846 and 1849. Three of the ancestors of Avard Fairbanks were buried at this cemetary. This monument stands as a memorial to those who experienced the tragedy at Winter Quarters.
