Restoration
560Handmade Fountain Restored
Handmade by homesteader John Lorang in 1913. His journal says he began it on Halloween and finished it on Thanksgiving of that year. Mementos he saved include wooden forms for his name and date in the fountain base and the trowel he used for the cement.
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5402019 Sealing the Fountain
John Lorang left and Jake Jacobs on right.
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520Cleaning the 1913 Fountain
L-R: Brad Lorang, Jake Jacobs grandson of Barney.
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510Cleaning the Fountain
Brad Lorang, grandson of Henry, above and John Lorang, grandson of Charles.
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500First Repair the Basin of the Fountain.
L-R: Brad Lorang and John Lorang. There was a piece broken off of the edge of second basin of this 1913 fountain handmade by homesteader John Lorang. John Lorang, the current, created a mold from a good side, then placed it on the break and repaired it with appropriate era concrete. The statue recreated by
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