Marshall County Bison Dedication

The Marshall County community is invited to attend a dedication ceremony in front of the Marshall County Museum, 123 N. Michigan St., on Friday, August, 12 at 1 PM EDT for the dedication of the Indiana Bicentennial Bison.  

The ceremony to install the bison as a permanent feature in downtown Plymouth will include comments from representatives from the Marshall County United Way, Marshall County Community Foundation, Mayor Mark Senter, the Heartland Artists, and the Marshall County Museum.  

For the past 12 weeks, 10 artists from Heartland Artists have painted 16 unique and colorful depictions on a 5-ft., 100-lb. bison in celebration of Indiana’s “Bison-tennial.”  Each artistic rendering, painted directly on the body of the bison, represents historic sites in the communities that make up Marshall County. Heartland Artists collectively donated almost 200 hours to memorialize Indiana’s 200^thbirthday and are still accepting donations to fund this effort. The artists painted the Marshall County bison as an extremely rare white American Bison, considered spiritually significant in Native American culture. 

The bison is part of an Indiana statewide public art project supported by the Indiana Association of United Ways. The officially endorsed legacy project aims to celebrate Indiana’s rich history.The United Wayof Marshall Countyserved as the lead organization in this effort which included a second bison in Bremen.

Thanks should be given to the following sponsors of the Marshall County bison project:  

Ancilla Domini Sisters                                                      

Beta Delta Chapter, Plymouth                                       

CTE Solutions                                        

Fernbaughs                                                                                                                                         

Friends of the Library                                                              

Heartland Artists Gallery                                                              

Heiden Creative                                                                              

Lincolnway Auto

Marshall Count Community Foundation                                                    

Marshall County Museum                                                                                  

Marshall County Tourism     

Mayor’s Youth Council

Pilot News

Plymouth Chamber of Commerce

Kevin Boyer

Shirley Casbon

Doug Haberland

Paul and Carol Nye

Linda Rippy                                                                            

Shelley Heiden, who volunteered to spearhead and lead the project, will announce the name of the bison from entries that were submitted by local community members.  George Schricker and Tim Pike will perform an original piece created especially for this historic event. 

For more information about the Indiana statewide “Bison-tennial” efforts, please visit http://www.iauw.org/bison/.