Living in a rural area, our go-to place for most everything - groceries, doctors, pharmacy, and of course Wal-Mart - is the historic town of Nacogdoches. The oldest town in Texas is full of history and historic architecture and it's also famous for being the azalea capitol of Texas, if not the entire world, and for its beautiful red brick streets in the downtown area. The Friends of Historic Nacogdoches (pronounced nakka-DO-chez for those of you who didn't already know) has done a wonderful job of bringing some marvelous sculptures of famous citizens to the downtown area. This bronze piece honoring Karle Wilson Baker was erected this past year on the grounds of her former home, Tanglewood.
Mrs. Wilson (1878-1960) received more honors for poetry than any other writer in Texas during her lifetime. She was also a celebrated novelist, historian, and educator. She was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her last collection of poetry, Dreamers on Horseback, in 1931.
She often wrote about the rich history of this oldest town in Texas. Her best selling novel, The Star of the Wilderness, was set in Nacogdoches during the years just before the Texas Revolution (1835-'36), and brought further fame to the city. She is buried in the famous Oak Grove Cemetery less than a mile from Tanglewood.
11 comments:
the sculpture makes her appear very refined. nicely done!
Beautiful sculpture.
A wonderful tribute, to what seems to be a very influential person for your region, and as Theresa, said a very refined sculpture, full of grace.
Wonderful sculpture of Karle Wilson Baker. So much detail!
fantastic sculpture and your town sounds a lot like my home town, Savannah.. brick streets and houses and old...
This is indeed a beautiful sculpture.
She and my maternal grandmother were born in the same year. Its interesting to me to think of the differences in their lives.
Cheers,
Jo
A fitting memorial and sculpture for a well-known writer.
This is taken so perfect. Love it.
It's a lovely statue! I love Nacogdoches and this I'm sure adds to its charm. I had never heard of her, and would love to read some of her works now. Thank you for sharing this!
By the way, if you are ever back in Tucson, please let me know. It's nest to use mariecarmean97@gmail instead of the other email address because I never check it anymore but check this one weekly.
oh my gosh this is stunning. Great work and so much history
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