点评:"The Rock", a bronze sculpture, is a symbolic representation of early Alaskan pioneers and the beginnings of Ketchikan. A fisherman, a miner, a logger, a bush pilot, a frontierswoman, and a Native drummer. These figures illustrate the initial pull factors that drew people to early Ketchikan: the salmon, the gold rushes, the bountiful forests, and the wildlife. The seventh sculpture is Chief Johnson, a Tlingit chief, symbolizing how his people were the first to make Southeast Alaska their home. This beautiful sculpture is located in a central spot in the small town of Ketchikan and it can’t be missed.
According to the information accompanying the sculpture, the Native Tlingit woman drummer sings of how the loggers came and harvested the trees, the miners mined the gold, the fishermen dared the sea for the salmon and the halibut, and the pilots braved the sky, carrying people out beyond the reach of any ship or road. The pioneer woman arrives on her own, looking out over the horizon of opportunity that awaits her in this new land. At the top of the Rock stands Chief Johnson who would wait on the dock to greet travellers arriving on the ships from Seattle and San Francisco. He would offer them trinkets for sale and so began a cultural exchange that continues today.
This beautiful sculpture is located in a central spot in the small town of Ketchikan and it can’t be missed.
翻译:“岩石”是一座青铜雕塑,象征着早期阿拉斯加拓荒者和凯奇坎的开端。一名渔民、一名矿工、一名伐木工、一名丛林飞行员、一名边疆妇女和一名土著鼓手。这些数字说明了早期吸引人们来到凯奇坎的最初吸引力因素:鲑鱼、淘金热、茂密的森林和野生动物。第七座雕塑是特林吉特酋长约翰逊酋长,象征着他的人民如何成为第一批在阿拉斯加东南部定居的人。这座美丽的雕塑位于凯奇坎小镇的中心位置,不容错过。
根据雕塑附带的信息,土著特林吉特女鼓手唱着伐木工如何前来砍伐树木,矿工如何开采黄金,渔民如何勇敢出海捕捞鲑鱼和大比目鱼,飞行员如何勇敢地飞向天空,携带人们在任何船只或道路无法到达的地方。这位先驱女性独自抵达,眺望这片新土地上等待着她的机遇。约翰逊酋长站在岩石顶上,他将在码头等候迎接从西雅图和旧金山乘船抵达的旅客。他会向他们出售小饰品,从而开始了一直持续至今的文化交流。
这座美丽的雕塑位于凯奇坎小镇的中心位置,不容错过。