Galloway’s unique style soon caught the eye of Sand Springs founder and philanthropist Charles Page in 1914. After he returned to Missouri from his tour of duty, he began to create massive sculptures from tree trunks, where he incorporated human figures with fish and reptiles. Army in the early 1900s, he was introduced to Japanese and Far Eastern art while stationed in the Philippine Islands. Nathan Edward Galloway was born in 1880 in Missouri and developed his carving skills as a child, creating mother-of-pearl buttons and small wooden items. Throughout the park are numerous colorful totems that display a variety of Indian Folk Art. Artifacts made by Ed Galloway and visuals of the park development are also on display in the museum. The park also features Galloway’s eleven-sided “Fiddle House” that previously housed his hand-carved fiddles. The centerpiece totem pole, rising from the back of an enormous turtle, sits in the midst of a beautiful nine-acre park. His tribute to the American Indian features 200 carved pictures, with four nine-foot Indians near the top, each representing a different tribe. World’s Largest Concrete Totem Pole near Foyil, Oklahoma by Kathy Weiser-Alexander.Įd Galloway built the totem pole over an 11-year period from 1937 to 1948, utilizing some 28 tons of cement, six tons of steel, and 100 tons of sand and rock.
