Gate Totems

GATE TOTEMS (constructed pre-1947 and circa 1955)

"Beginning at the west end of the property, there is a set of concrete gateposts called the Fish-Arch Gate (circa 1955). It is comprised of two cylindrical concrete gateposts (five feet high and six feet in circumference), each topped by two short, horizontal concrete logs, each end carved like the head and toothy mouth of a gar-like fish, joined by one long gar-like log that makes the arch. Each gatepost has bird images facing east and west side. This eight-foot-wide gatepost was once attached to a red sandstone fence which delineated the yard on the west and north sides of the residential end of the park. The Fish-Arch Gatepost is supported by two pieces of steel channel bars, set into the ground at a 45 degree angle."

Everett, Dianna. "Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park." National Register of Historic Places. 27 July 1998. Certified 25 January 1999.

"In front of the Galloway home stand two stone gate posts. "From the stone gateposts, leading down to the road is a flagstone walk... Between the walk and the road are two cylindrical, concrete, small bird gateposts (each three feet high by five feet circumference). The bird image is on the side facing State Highway 28A. The small bird gateposts may date from c. 1955."

Everett, Dianna. "Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park." National Register of Historic Places. 27 July 1998. Certified 25 January 1999.

"Just ahead of you to the right is the Double Gate Totem. This totem pole and the columns between the arrowhead and the house is what Galloway called a typical totem pole, taken from a picture of a lodge in Ketchikan, Alaska. This gate and the other existing gates on the west side of the house can give you an idea of the perimeter of the fenced-in area the Galloways kept around their homestead when it was a small working farm. Fragments of the original fence that connected these gates can still be seen along the north side of the property by Highway 28A."

"Totem Pole Park Audio Tour," commissioned by Dr. Carolyn Comfort and the Rogers County Historical Society.

"To the southeast of the Arrowhead is the Double-Gate Totem. Two concrete bird gateposts flank a tall bird totem, also concrete, with spreading wings, and between them are two original wooden gates. The width of this assemblage is eleven feet. The smaller gateposts are 4.5 feet high, and the central totem is 12 feet high, with a wingspread of 5.5 feet. All three are painted white, with incised bird images and painted images on both sides of the posts. The circumference of the totems are approximately five feet. An historic photograph has dated this object to mid-1955."

Everett, Dianna. "Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park." National Register of Historic Places. 27 July 1998. Certified 25 January 1999.

"On the extreme east side of the property are the picnic facilities and Fiddle House. One enters this area properly from the highway, through a set of gates that are two massive concrete bird figures. These... have been positively dated in a 1947 historic photo. Each roughly cylindrical gatepost is eight feet in height and ten feet in circumference and is modeled like the body of a bird, mostly resembling an owl. The two gateposts are twelve feet apart, widely spaced to accommodate automobile traffic. The white and pink owl-like birds face State Highway 28A."

Everett, Dianna. "Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park." National Register of Historic Places. 27 July 1998. Certified 25 January 1999.