Located next to the visitor information center on Wisconsin Highway 70 in St. Germain, Wisconsin. I could not find an ID tag on him so don't know if he's a
F.A.S.T. product or not. I am assuming he's fairly old, probably late '50s or early 1960s, because the level of detail and the overall finish isn't as good as on more recent products.
According to various sources, there never was an actual Chief St. Germain. The statue is supposedly a tribute to the Native American heritage of the area, or at least that's the current explanation. The reality is that if it really were a tribute (or if the local Ojibwe had been consulted), Chief St. Germain would probably be wearing a shirt instead of looking like a stereotype straight out of a 1950s Saturday matinee Western.
No redeeming features. Pull it down.
ReplyDeleteFiberglass lasts a long time.
ReplyDeleteToo bad there was no effort to be accurate before making such a big "monument."
ReplyDeleteSusan, their inspiration was probably Ed Ames in "Daniel Boone." ;-)
ReplyDeleteEven Jay Silverheels was more authentic than that thing.
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