Name/Title
AThank You Letter to the SocietyScope and Content
February 20, 1972
Dear Mr. Kirkpatrick,
Let me thank you for taking the trouble to send the little booklet along to me. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It would appear that for a city of your size you have more than your share of interesting, manmade sights. I find the difference striking between the quantity of statues in your city and here. Richmond is a city of 80,000 plus, and, frankly, I don't believe there is a single statue anywhere in the city. San Francisco has several; however, they appear in the main to be pigeon roosts, and whatever they may be honoring/depicting seems to be buried under a "cover of white".
The booklet appears to give all pertinent data on the statues. I found the answers to all my questions about "The End of the Trail", and, at the appropriate time, I hope to be able to "casually" relate this knowledge at a meeting of the American Indian Culture Group, You see, I am an employee of the California Department of Corrections, and within Corrections there is a certain percentage of native Americans. They have been allowed to form a culture group, and I have been fortunate enough to have been invited to some of their meetings. I must say I cannot agree with all of their philosophies, but I find the meetings very interesting nonetheless, I note the booklet indicates the original statue ultimately made its way to Visalia, California. That city is roughly 200 miles from here, and I plan to make a trip there when the weather is nicer, and see if I can't I locate this particular statue. Progress being what it is in this state, however, it may long since have been replaced by a service station or housing development.
I would like to keep in touch with you and be advised when your book goes to print. I'm sure it will be very interesting reading.
Most Sincerely,
Robert L. TiptonAcquisition
Accession
2015.0500Source or Donor
Waupun Heritage MuseumAcquisition Method
Donation