Totem Pole Pioneer Square

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This unique pole was carved from a single cedar tree by a tribe of Indians inhabiting Tongass Island. Southeastern Alaska. It is sixty feet high and eight feet in circumference and was intended as a monument to a distinguished family. The pole stood for nearly a century on Tongass Island. It was discovered by a party of Seattle business men in August 1899 and removed by them to Seattle and presented to the City