The statue, located on the grounds of the Oregon State Capitol, was designed by Alexander Phimister Proctor.

[1] According to the Smithsonian Institution, the statue is a duplicate of a bronze unveiled in the United States Capitol in 1952.

The statue was surveyed and considered "treatment needed" by the Smithsonian's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!"

program in April 1993, and was administered by the Facility Services department of the State of Oregon at that time.

[2] The life-size statue depicts missionary Jason Lee standing and holding a book in his proper left hand.