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Wacinton was hand chiseled from a local 56,000 pound Red Oak to honor the Chickasaw Indians who lived and hunted in this area until the Jackson Purchase in 1818. Sculptor Peter "Wolf" Toth dedicated it on May 26, 1985 to the City of Paducah and the Commonwealth of Kentucky, during the mayoralty of Joe Viterisi and the service of commissioners P. J. Grumley, Harold Ford, Robert Coleman, and Hal Cole.
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Paducah, Kentucky · United States
