From The Indianapolis News, Monday, November 10, 1924: A fountain, The Pioneer Family, cast in bronze of a dark green, was dedicated in a simple ceremony yesterday afternoon in Fountain Square before a crowd which packed the place. A gift to Indianapolis from Phoebe Hill in memory of her husband former Congressman Ralph Hill, the fountain, designed by local sculptor Myra Reynolds Richard, is a striking work of red slate and marble with green tile in the base topped by the figure of a father holding a musket, standing behind a mother with her Bible in her arm. The little boy, shouldering an ax, looks straight ahead, while his more timid sister, with her doll, stays close to her mother. Mayor Lew Shank and other civic leaders made appropriate remarks, with music provided by the Indianapolis Police and Firemen’s band.
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