The sculpture shows a woman, rising from waters of Lake Michigan, with flames, animals and wheat.

In 1953 the Chicago Department of Public Works awarded Milton Horn a US$5,000 commission to create the sculpture.

[1] The city decided to restore the piece and in 1998 it was placed on the Chicago Riverwalk, affixed to a wall beneath the northwest corner of the Columbus Drive bridge.

[5] The woman in the sculpture is standing hip deep in the water of Lake Michigan with carved flames representing the Great Chicago Fire.

[1] The bars run diagonally across the center of the piece representing Chicago's location in the middle of the United States.