Paradise Valley, Arizona - Barry Goldwater Statue

The bronze statue of Barry Goldwater stands in a corner lot cactus garden with a little walkway, stone walls and a bench. Bronzesmith Joe Beeler was commissioned by the town of Paradise Valley to create the nine-foot bronze, the first major work of art to celebrate the life of Arizona's best-known native, Barry Goldwater. Goldwater retired to Paradise Valley after serving three decades in the United States Senate. The monument, unveiled in February 2004, is the centerpiece of the Goldwater Memorial on the corner of Tatum and Lincoln, just below the hilltop house where Goldwater lived until his death in 1989. [Pauline Schoeneman, 05/08/2006]