John Karl Daniels

He attended the Mechanics Arts High School in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he first received formal training for his craft as a sculptor.

He became a pupil of Knut Okerberg in Norway, and of Andrew O'Connor in Paris, France.

He created war memorials for Grafton, North Dakota and Long Prairie, Minnesota.

His granite Pioneers sculpture was given to the City of Minneapolis by the family of Charles Alfred Pillsbury during the Great Depression.

[3] It served as the centerpiece of a park called Pioneer Square, near the Minneapolis Central Post Office.