Akron, Ohio -
Indian Head

The Indian Head has been in this spot since sometime in the early 1980s. There was a full sized one in Sand Run Metro Park for years, but some pranksters took a chainsaw to it and it was destroyed. I was a student at Fairlawn when the artist was working on it. The school has since been torn down and rebuilt and is now the Judith Resnick Learning Center. [Robyn, 06/12/2008]

I saw the artist hacking great chunks out of the statue. The local paper reported that insects had done so much damage that special foam would be used as filler. I passed by the statue several times and it looked like most of the repairs were done to the back and bottom part. [Connie LaCook, 10/29/2003]

In Fairlawn,off of Interstate 77, a suburb of Akron, there is a giant Indian Head, carved from wood, beautiful, at least 30' high. It is located on the main rd. through that area, close to a Super k-mart. I think it may be in front of a University or art school, can't miss it on main road. [shwabogy, 02/03/2002]

[RA: One of Pete Toth's indian head sculptures. Pete has erected at least one in every state, but his very first was in Sand Run Park in Akron. Here's a photo of the one in Paducah, Kentucky.]