Trail of the Whispering Giants

The Trail of the Whispering Giants is a collection of sculptures by Hungarian-born[1] artist Peter Wolf Toth.[2][3] The sculptures range in height from 20 to 40 feet (6.1 to 12.2 m), and are between 8 and 10 feet (2.4 and 3.0 m) in diameter.[4] In 2009, there were 74 Whispering Giants,[3] with at least one in each of the 50 U.S. states, as well as in Ontario and Manitoba, Canada,[4] and one in Hungary.[5] One in Oregon was removed in 2017 after irreparable windstorm damage,[6] reducing the total to 73. In 1988, Toth completed his goal of placing at least one statue in each of the 50 states, by carving one in Hawaii, and in 2008, he created his first Whispering Giant in Europe, Stephen I of Hungary in Délegyháza,[7] Hungary along the Danube River.[5]

In 2009, eight more Whispering Giants were planned.[3]

  1. ^ Toth p.5
  2. ^ Toth, Peter Wolf (1983). Indian Giver (3 ed.). Lincoln, Nebraska: Tribal Press. ISBN 0-960-7044-2-6. LCCN 81-90250.
  3. ^ a b c Tree trunk to become Tecumseh monument arrives in Vincennes Thursday, Courierpress.com. September 30, 2009. Accessed September 30, 2009
  4. ^ a b Trail Leads to Ladysmith[dead link] Ladysmith Chronicle, September 14, 2009. Accessed October 10, 2009
  5. ^ a b "Artist's statues honor Indians in all 50 states". Cape Coral Daily Breeze. April 5, 2009. Retrieved December 13, 2009.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference no more kno-tah was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Peter Wolf Toth: Sculptures Honor Native Americans, a December 31, 2008 article from Magyar News Online