It included attendance from persons all across the state, the majority of enrolled students, and a special section of the crowd was reserved for the remaining settlers.

"[3] After a ten-year search, he found the image in J. C. Cravens, an "old trapper bewhiskered without a haircut heavy boots thick plants a buckskin coat carrying his rifle and leading a nag.

In form, the sculpture follows attributes of the model, with him being portrayed in similar garb, with a full beard and a rifle slung over his shoulder.

[7] When Proctor gave his presentation address of the sculpture he said: "It is sufficient to say that here the Willamette and McKenzie rivers join their waters into one grand channel and create this beautiful valley, the paradise to which the pioneer struggled over great mountains and across desert plains to which he first came in numbers, and in which he made home.

"[4] A committee including Mr. and Mrs. Teal, Dean Ellis F. Lawrence, and Irene Hazard Gerlinger chose the statue's exact physical location.

The statue was situated facing southward, as requested by the artist, to ensure that the figure's front received as much natural light exposure as possible.

[12] In 1929, the statue was guarded against vandalism, along with other Eugene landmarks, prior to the homecoming football game rivalry with Oregon State University.

[13] An editorial in the Eugene Guard in 1931 mentioned, in the context of the in-state rivalry: "Orange paint of the hue so popular in the vicinity of Corvallis daubs the pavements at the University, the big 'O' on Skinner's Butte, even the famous Pioneer statue.

"[14] In 1963, describing "Goblin antics", the Eugene Guard reported, "Someone took the Halloween occasion Thursday night to decorate the Pioneer Father statue on the University of Oregon campus.

[17] Michael Schill, who was President of UO at the time, created a committee with the charge "to make recommendations to balance the representation of history on campus to include people of diverse backgrounds".