Thought this fella at #edgallowaystotempolepark looked like #wushock smoking a cigarette. #nikond700
Two more days until the big guy makes a special visit to the Totem Pole. Come see Santa! Come shop! Come walk the beautiful park! #shoplocal #edgallowaystotempolepark #totempole #oklahoma
Are you still needing to Christmas shop? Come shop our gift shop and see Santa this Saturday 2-5. #shoplocal #route66 #oklahoma #totempole #edgallowaystotempolepark
Went back on the road today. Had an awesome time at #fantasticcaverns (Springfield, MO), #carsontheroad (Galena, KS), #rainbowbridgeroute66 (also Galena), and tried to stop at #edgallowaystotempolepark (Chelsea, OK) but was nighttime and there were no trespassing signs. (Sorry for crappy picture) #ontheroadagain #route66 #boxtrucklife #boxtruck #livingthedream #travel
Beware of stickers, only trespass during the day, and other helpful signs.
Cars 🚙 🚘 on the 📍Route 66 🇺🇸 : @Route66Official @MotherRoad @MainStreetOfAmerica #carsontheroute66 #cars #disneypixarcars #kansas #edgallowaystotempolepark #bluewhaleofcatoosa🐳 #circlecinema #route66automuseum #RoadTrip #Route66 #MotherRoad #USA #RoadsideAttraction #mainstreetofamerica #route66official #roadtrip66 #makememories #adventure #halfwayto50 #travel #travelphotography #america #traveling #wonderlust #explore #bucketlist #trip #road66 #escapism #neverstopexploring
⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️ 🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥 🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥 🚙 Today’s road trip takes us near Chelsea & Foyil, Oklahoma! 🇺🇸 🏆Big congratulations and a souvenir bag of Quikrete go to quirk expert @momfrantz_fx! 👏 🥳 🗺️ She went in search of quirk at Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park and found the worlds largest concrete totem pole! 😃 ℹ️ In 1937, Ed Galloway retired at the age of 57. He then moved to a small farm near Foyil, Oklahoma. Soon after, he began work on the totem pole. Completion wasn’t until 1948. The giant structure measures 90 ft tall and 30 ft wide at the base and weighs 134 tons. It is decorated with approximately 200 bas relief images. The 14 acre totem pole park consists of 11 totems and sculptures, and an 11-sided building which served as Ed’s workshop, but is now known as the Fiddle House Gift Shop & Museum. The park was added to the National Register of Historical Places on March 30, 1999. Rogers County Historical Society owns and operates the property. 🌀🚙🌀🚙🌀🚙🌀🚙🌀 Big thanks, Mary, for tagging #insearchofquirk to share your fantastic fun find with ISOQ! 💃🕺 🌀🚙🌀🚙🌀🚙🌀🚙🌀 #chelsea #foyil #oklahoma #roadtrip #roadsideattraction #roadtripusa #sightseeing #touristattraction #weirdoklahoma #exploreoklahoma #travelusa #isoq_momfrantzfx #isoq_chelsea #isoq_foyil #isoq_oklahoma #isoq_september2023 #isoq_bigthings #isoq_route66 #edgallowaystotempolepark #folkart #worldslargest #worldslargestconcretetotempole #totempole #route66 #motherroad #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces 🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥 🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥🚥
Totem Pole Park in Foil Oklahoma! #edgallowaystotempolepark #totempolepark #dog #oklahoma
A white man made all of this and never once did he claim to be Native. 🤷🏻♀️😆 Like 2 weeks late posting these. #edgallowaystotempolepark #route66 #stoppretendians #pretendians #latergram
When your traveling Route 66, you gotta stop at all things kitsch 🌚👽🐢😛 I absolutely love that this totem pole made by Ed Galloway was to represent the Native Americans and their various tribes! The handmade folk art by him is just so unreal. 🏹🪶 #edgallowaystotempolepark #roadsideamerica #kitsch #vintage #retro #route66 #historicroute66 #oklahoma #oklahomaroute66 #art #folkart #native #nativeamerican #totempole
Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park. #adventuresofnutzyandlilo #edgallowaystotempolepark #chelsa #chelseaok #route66 #roadsideattraction #roadsideamerica
With schools finishing up for summer and parents searching for everyday things to keep those little minds busy, I love finding places to visit that are only a short drive away! Today we visited the "Ed Galloway Totem Pole Park" a Route 66 icon and home of "The World's Largest Concrete Totem Pole." ❓ What are some interesting places around where you live ❓ I would love to get a list going with things that are easily accessible and either free or cheap to visit with your family 💖 #creatingmagicvacations #family #familyfun #familytime #travel #traveler #traveller #traveling #travellife #travelling #route66 #route66roadtrip #route66 #route66oklahoma #historicroute66 #Oklahoma #oklahoma #edgalloway #edgallowaystotempolepark
Ed Galloway created a Totem Pole Park on his property. Ed had been a wood shop teacher and liked to keep busy. The twelve totems found were done between 1937 to 1963 as a monument to the American Indian. They are beautiful, well made, smooth as butter concrete and brightly painted. That must have been his daytime activity because when you step into his former shop, you are blown away by his whittling of a least a hundred fiddles by night. There are charts of wood type for the displays. Very prolific artist!! #route66 #edgallowaystotempolepark
Route 66 Ed Galloway totem pole and Blue Whale #route66 #roadsideattractions #edgallowaystotempolepark #claremore #bluewhale #catoosa #oklahoma #rvlife
Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park, Route 66 #motherroad #route66 #kickgetting #thismustbetheplace #edgallowaystotempolepark
It was a Route 66 kind of a day! 🎄 . #route66 #bluewhale #catoosa #edgallowaystotempolepark #totempole #sapulpa #oklahoma
More strange and interesting roadside attractions😍 #pops66 #bluewhaleroute66 #edgallowaystotempolepark #route66 #historicroute66 #roadtrip #roadtrippin #vanlife
Día 6.- De Joplin a Amarillo Salimos dirección Amarillo, Texas, haciendo un desvío para pasar por Rainbow Bridge. El puente con la señal de la ruta 66. Hacemos una ruta por carreteras secundarias para visitar Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole park y la Ballena Azul de Catoosa. Allí nos encontramos con una mujer que conducía un escarabajo rosa con pegatinas a favor de Trump. Pasamos por VW Slug Bug Runch, otra imitación del Cadillac Ranch. Llegamos a Amarillo para cenar el Big Texan ranch. Buena carne acompañada de cerveza. 1.- Rainbow Curve Bridge 2.- Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park 3 y 4.- Blue Whale, Catoosa 5 y 6.- VW Slug Bug Runch 7 a 9.- The Big Texan Steak Ranch Para ver las fotos a tamaño completo en mi cuenta de Vero: #route66 #route66roadtrip #route66official #historicroute66 #ruta66 #motherroad #mainstreetamerica #getyourkicks #harleydavidson #roadglide #freedommachine #screwitletsride #canonespaña #canoneosr6 #canonrf24105f4lisusm #liveforthestory #rainbowcurvebridge #visitkansas #edgallowaystotempolepark #totempolepark #oklahoma #visitoklahoma #bluewhale #bluewhaleofcatoosa #catoosa #lonestarstate #lonestar #thebigtexansteakranch #amarillotexas #visittexas
The Fiddle House was Ed Galloway’s studio and is now a museum and gift shop at his Totem Pole Park. The eleven-sided building resembles a Navajo hogan. It houses Galloway’s fiddles and other carvings. He also made intricate inlaid violins with exotic woods sent to him all over the world by his former art students. They are true works of art and beautiful. #colorful #roadsideoddities #route66 #art #arteducatorsofinstagram #foyil #folkart #oklahoma #travel #explore #roadsideattractions #folkartist #inlaid #mythology #edgallowaystotempolepark #fantastical #oklahomalife #creativity #jojosroadsideattractions #woodworking #nationalhistoriclandmark #fiddlehouse #nativeamericanheritagemonth
World’s Largest Concrete Totem Pole is found at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park. In 1937, art teacher Ed Galloway began his retirement project: a 90-foot-tall totem pole rising from the back of a big blue turtle. The tower of steel was coated with concrete, created in part with sand from a nearby river, and gradually rose from his humble yard in Foyil, Oklahoma. It took him 11 years to build it and then he started on other totems and statues. He also built an 11 sided fiddle house, where his goal was to carve violins from every type of tree in the world. Galloway took inspiration from National Geographic magazines and postcards. He interpreted those sources rather fantastically, as a concrete cactus topped with watchful owls or in the bulbous shape of the central totem pole itself. The large blue turtle at the base of the primary column probably references the World Turtle myth. Galloway’s owl wearing a medallion of a man in a headdress and the color scheme of pink and turquoise, have little to do with local tribes, or really any culture on Earth. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1999. The park is now owned and operated by the Rogers County Historical Society. #bigthings #bigthingsonly #big #totempole #colorful #roadsideoddities #route66 #art #arteducatorsofinstagram #foyil #folkart #oklahoma #travel #explore #roadsideattractions #folkartist #mythology #edgallowaystotempolepark #fantastical #oklahomalife #nationalgeographic #creativity #jojosroadsideattractions #nationalhistoriclandmark #nativeamericanheritagemonth @heavan_of_travel #giant #giantthings #giant_arts #giantthingsroadside
Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park - Route 66 - Chelsea - Oklahoma - USA 21300 OK-28 A, Chelsea, OK Vidéo: https://youtu.be/D9UcieFnC4c #edgallowaystotempolepark #totempolepark #chelseaoklahoma #route66 #oklahoma #route66oklahoma #oklahomaroute66 #route66roadtrip #motherroad #route66attraction #visitoklahoma #usa #travel #paysage #landscape #landscapephotography #travelphotography #trip #voyage #traveling #travellover
Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park - Route 66 - Chelsea - Oklahoma - USA 21300 OK-28 A, Chelsea, OK Vidéo: https://youtu.be/D9UcieFnC4c #edgallowaystotempolepark #totempolepark #chelseaoklahoma #route66 #oklahoma #route66oklahoma #oklahomaroute66 #route66roadtrip #motherroad #route66attraction #visitoklahoma #usa #travel #paysage #landscape #landscapephotography #travelphotography #trip #voyage #traveling #travellover
Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park - Route 66 - Chelsea - Oklahoma - USA 21300 OK-28 A, Chelsea, OK Le Totem Pole Park D'Ed Galloway, situé à 6 km à l'est de la Route 66, a été inscrit au registre national des lieux historiques en 1999. Son totem principal est le plus grand totem en béton au monde. Vidéo: https://youtu.be/D9UcieFnC4c #edgallowaystotempolepark #totempolepark #chelseaoklahoma #route66 #oklahoma #route66oklahoma #oklahomaroute66 #route66roadtrip #motherroad #route66attraction #visitoklahoma #usa #travel #paysage #landscape #landscapephotography #travelphotography #trip #voyage #traveling #travellover
Durante la Ruta 66 🚙 paramos en una curiosa casa, en Chelsea - Oklahoma 📍que habían reconvertido todo su jardín en un parque de Totems 🗿que había construido un artista local años antes . Este lugar es difícil de encontrar pues la zona tiene muy mala cobertura y se encuentra dentro de una propiedad privada 🏠 sin embargo, puedes aparcar y visitarlo gratuitamente no te llevará mucho tiempo pues no tiene demasiado . Tiene además una linda y pequeñita tienda de regalos en la que seguro picaras 🤭 con lo recaudado en la tienda y con donaciones extra es con lo que mantienen este lugar en buen estado☝🏻 . Si queréis saber más puntos en los que nos detuvimos durante la ruta tenéis toda la info en el blog ☝🏻🖥️ 🔸viajandoconbriseida.com🔸 . . . . #totempark #edgallowaystotempolepark #totempole #park #route66 #ruta66 #route66roadtrip #viajerossinmas #travel #mrswonderfullcities #MondoFotodelMes #viajandoconbriseida #travellover🌎 #adventurelover #travelinstagram #travelblogs #travelbloggerlife #instaphotography #newpost
Located in northeast Oklahoma in the town of Foyil is what is known as Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park. Mr. Galloway retired in 1937 but was the kind of guy who always needed to be busy so he spent the next 24 years creating totem poles on his property. The first picture is of the largest totem pole in the world. Made of sandstone, it stands 90 feet tall, 18 feet in diameter, weighs 135 tons, has 200 carved pictures mainly of Native Indians or related scenes and it took him 11 years to complete.. The other pictures show some of his other creations while the last picture shows the violins he also made presumably after he got bored with totem poles. #EdGallowaysTotemPolePark #TotemPolePark #FoyilOklahoma #Oklahoma
totally meant to post this quick stop on a very short adventure last weekend. the Ed Galloway totem park off route 66 near Foyil, Ok..has fascinated me since childhood💙 #okletsgo #okroute66 #edgallowaystotempolepark
Ed Galloway’s Toteem Pole Park, Foyil, OK ... 🚗- roadside attraction 👨- creator/builder = Ed Galloway 🌇- style = his own 📐- construction = 1937 - 1961 📜 - Nat’l Register of Historic Places = 1999 … …. ..... #designandconstructionthoughts #oklahomasarchitecture #architecture #architecturedesign #architecturalstyle #architectualdetails #architecturephotography #architecturalstyle #landmark #history #route66 #historicroute66 #outdriving #roadside #roadsideattraction #edgallowaystotempolepark
One photo from each town we visited on Route 66 in Oklahoma and Kansas 🛣 #route66 #historicroute66 #route66oklahoma #route66signs #route66kansas #route66travelers #route66travel #rockcafe #mickeymantle #colemantheatre # #bluewhaleofcatoosa # #ribbonhighway #willrogers #willrogershighway #edgallowaystotempolepark #sapulpa #bristow #rivertonkansas #galenakansas #baxtersprings #hiwaycaferoute66
Gettin' my kicks on Route 66! Goodbye Missouri, hello Oklahoma!! • • • #totempole #roadsideattraction #roadtrip #roadtripusa #Oklahoma #route66 #getyourkicks #getyourkicksonroute66 #cement #americana #vintageamericana #outsiderart #folkart #publicart #solotravel #travelgram #ontheroad #edgallowaystotempolepark
When Ed Galloway retired in 1937 he moved to this spot in northeastern Oklahoma where he created his 'Totem Pole Park'. The magnum opus of the park is this 27 meter high totem pole, but there is a bunch of smaller ones too. And the 'Fiddle house' with 300 fiddles that he built out of 300 different types of wood. #edgallowaystotempolepark #oklahoma
So much amazing artistry represented all along Route 66! Self taught Ed Galloway created these beautiful fiddles as a hobby after retirement! This is just one of many displays of his handiwork! Feeling inspired, but tired!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍 #isnmember #route66 #route66art #edgallowaystotempolepark #fiddles #handcarved #Oklahoma #treasures #handmade #handcarvedwood #artistsofroute66 #artistsofinstagram #inspiration #nevertoolate #liveyourpassion #joyingivingvintage #roadtrip
#getyourkicks #route66 #edgallowaystotempolepark #havebuswilltravel @willeyes @day_n_night_nurse @jodahg
The world’s largest cement totem pole, the tri state marker and dinner with friends, new video tomorrow! #linkinbio #newvideo #worldslargesttotempole #oklahoma #missouri #kansas #tristatemarker #edgallowaystotempolepark #edgalloway #totempole #chrimbo’schronicles #youtube #route66
The world’s largest cement totem pole, the tri state marker and dinner with friends, new video tomorrow! #linkinbio #newvideo #worldslargesttotempole #oklahoma #missouri #kansas #tristatemarker #edgallowaystotempolepark #edgalloway #totempole #chrimbo’schronicles #youtube #route66
Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park! #route66 #roadsideoddities #roadsideoklahoma #bender #roadtrippers #culturalappropriation #edgallowaystotempolepark
Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park is a couple miles E of Route 66 from Foyil, Oklahoma. Ed labored on his passion from 1937 to his death in 1961. He served in the US Army in the Philippines. The park boasts a 90’ concrete totem pole standing atop a large turtle as the centerpiece, completed in 1948, hailed as the largest such tower in the world. The turtle refers to the creation of Earth, in particular North & South America - also known as Turtle Islands. The accompanying tree sculpture is the largest of several in the park, this one demonstrating a few animals within the primitive masterpiece. #edgalloway #totempole #turtle #treecarving #turtleisland #🐢 #roadsideoddities #sculpture #roadsideattraction #route66 #roadtrippin #lookup #edgallowaystotempolepark #oklahoma #nrhp #fiddlehouse #nativeamerican #travelUSA
J20 - #usa🇺🇸 #route66 Nous avons quitté le Missouri après avoir contemplé Grand Falls de Joplin où nous avons pu observer de grands spécimens de hérons gris; Puis nous avons continué la route 66 qui ne traverse le Kansas que sur 13 miles (environ 21 kms) et nous sommes rentrés en Oklahoma ; Nous sommes tombés sur une curiosité du coin, un totem, le plus grand au monde, construit durant 26 années par Ed Galloway #grandfallsjoplinmo #edgallowaystotempolepark #missouri #kansas #oklahoma #voyage #aventure #familytrip #roadtrip #lineetlouvisitentlemonde
Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park, located in Chelsea, Oklahoma, is a non-profit operation that is owned by the Rogers County Historical Society. Sidetracked Route 66 motorists can see the totem pole park for over half a mile before they reach the park. The art environment was created by the artist Ed Galloway between the years of 1937 and 1963 as a monument, as well as a tribute to the American Indian. Galloway passed away in 1963. It is listed on the national register of historical places and it features 12 structures, which were mostly handcrafted by Mr. Galloway. The structures symbolize and pay homage to the history of the land, which was known as Indian Territory before statehood in 1907. As pictured, you can see Native American portraits in which they are depicted wearing feather headdresses. There are various wildlife motifs which mimic the totem poles of the Haida and Tlingit tribes from present-day Alaska. The largest totem on the property (and largest in the world) is concrete and it features over 200 hand-sculpted bad-relief creatures and Native American portraits. The totem pole stands at 90 feet tall. As I entered into the gift shop, I struck a conversation with a sweet older lady. She informed me that as recent as two years ago, the totems were repainted by students and locals in the area. The need for this is due to the issues of the concrete and paint start to pop off. #totempole #oklahomaphotography #edgallowaystotempolepark
Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park, located in Chelsea, Oklahoma, is a non-profit operation that is owned by the Rogers County Historical Society. Sidetracked Route 66 motorists can see the totem pole park for over half a mile before they reach the park. The art environment was created by the artist Ed Galloway between the years of 1937 and 1963 as a monument, as well as a tribute to the American Indian. Galloway passed away in 1963. It is listed on the national register of historical places and it features 12 structures, which were mostly handcrafted by Mr. Galloway. The structures symbolize and pay homage to the history of the land, which was known as Indian Territory before statehood in 1907. As pictured, you can see Native American portraits in which they are depicted wearing feather headdresses. There are various wildlife motifs which mimic the totem poles of the Haida and Tlingit tribes from present-day Alaska. The largest totem on the property (and largest in the world) is concrete and it features over 200 hand-sculpted bad-relief creatures and Native American portraits. The totem pole stands at 90 feet tall. As I entered into the gift shop, I struck a conversation with a sweet older lady. She informed me that as recent as two years ago, the totems were repainted by students and locals in the area. The need for this is due to the issues of the concrete and paint start to pop off. #totempole #oklahomaphotography #edgallowaystotempolepark
Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park, located in Chelsea, Oklahoma, is a non-profit operation that is owned by the Rogers County Historical Society. Sidetracked Route 66 motorists can see the totem pole park for over half a mile before they reach the park. The art environment was created by the artist Ed Galloway between the years of 1937 and 1963 as a monument, as well as a tribute to the American Indian. Galloway passed away in 1963. It is listed on the national register of historical places and it features 12 structures, which were mostly handcrafted by Mr. Galloway. The structures symbolize and pay homage to the history of the land, which was known as Indian Territory before statehood in 1907. As pictured, you can see Native American portraits in which they are depicted wearing feather headdresses. There are various wildlife motifs which mimic the totem poles of the Haida and Tlingit tribes from present-day Alaska. The largest totem on the property (and largest in the world) is concrete and it features over 200 hand-sculpted bad-relief creatures and Native American portraits. The totem pole stands at 90 feet tall. As I entered into the gift shop, I struck a conversation with a sweet older lady. She informed me that as recent as two years ago, the totems were repainted by students and locals in the area. The need for this is due to the issues of the concrete and paint start to pop off. #totempole #oklahomaphotography #edgallowaystotempolepark
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Monday day trip #route66 #totempolepark #edgallowaystotempolepark
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Day 2 (yesterday), I: 1) chased a beautiful sunrise in Miami, OK #watchmoresunrises 2) saw a giant totem pole at #edgallowaystotempolepark 3)bought goodies at a nut house #66nuts 4 and 5) visited a big baby #bigbabyrolls 6) had a 20 minute one-sided conversation with my favorite cowboy movie star, during which I cried most of the time (conversation was one-sided because I was at his gravesite, I know, weird) #timholt 7) visited The National Cowboy Museum 8) saw an outfit I think I need (Ig would only let me post the full picture sideways) all of which I did angling my way across Oklahoma, ending my day just west of Oklahoma City. #travelok #oklahoma #oklahomaroadtrip #usaroadtrip #roadtripamerica #roadtripusa #scenicoklahoma #oklahomaoutdoors #travelok #oklahoma
It's Totem Pole Tuesday and we have GREAT NEWS to share. New information signs with QR Codes have been placed and planted along the path at Totem Pole Park! Thank you David Anderson! This signage endeavor has been a year-and-a-half long project sponsored by the Rogers County Historical Society with a significant grant from the Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant Program. Five new signs have been created for Totem Pole Park (two along Historic Route 66 and three within the park) by team members Bobbie Cary, Rogers County Historical Society treasurer, grant writer, and project manager; David Anderson, Totem Pole Park Director, signpost maker & installer; Erin Turner, TPP historian, story writer, and sign designer; and Christa Rice, RCHS website story writer, photographer, and designer. Patrick Clancy took the photo for the Route 66 signs. Jason Jones of Claremore Signs was the sign maker & also an installer. QR Codes on the signs now lead guests through their smart phones to website information about two of the park's favorite features - the Large Totem Pole and the Fiddle House. We invite you to stop by and enjoy this new, informative, and educational experience! As always, we look forward to seeing you 💚🐢. #route66. #historicroute66 #FoyilOK #ChelseaOK #RogersCountyHistoricalSociety #RCHS #EdGallowaysTotemPolePark https://www.rchs1.org/totem-pole-park
Take Route 66 up to Chelsea to see this #okielandmark! 🎨🖌 #totempolepark #totempoles #folkart #edgallowaystotempolepark #route66 #motherroad #chelseaok #okielandmark #oklahoma #travelok #nativeoklahoma
Fun collage of photos taken at #edgallowaystotempolepark labeled 1959 or 1960 🐢 Courtesy the Claremore Museum of History. Follow the link below to find out MoH 😁 https://www.rchs1.org/totem-pole-park
💚🐢 This sign is looking mighty fine!!!! This is the first installment of several new signs for Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park. You can’t miss this on Route 66. Erin Turner, who restored the large totem pole at the park, designed the signs. Jason Jones owner of Claremore Signs created and installed the signs with help from David Anderson, Totem Pole Park Director. The Totem Pole photo was taken by Pat Clancy. Also working on this year-long project are Bobbie Cary, grant writer and project manager and Christa Rice. The signs are being financed by the Rogers County Historical Society and an Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant. Stay tuned. There’s more to come. 🦉🦅 #Route66 #RogersCountyHistoricalSociety #RCHS #EdGallowaysTotemPolePark #Foyil
💚🐢A Valentine Made with YOU in Mind‼️ Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park, 21300 OK-28 A, Chelsea (Foyil), Oklahoma. Because we LOVE Rogers County history we invite you to follow the link below to read the story. #EdGallowaysTotemPolePark #EdGallowaysTotemPole #RCHS #RogersCountyHistoricalSociety #RogersCountyHistory https://www.rchs1.org/totem-pole-park
Just off @route66official in Oklahoma you will find @ed_galloways_totem_pole_park. It is the WORLDS LARGEST CONCRETE TOTEM POLE!!! Look how tiny my mom and I look!! #ginnitheadventuredog #chiuahuasofinstagram #chisofinstagram #adventure #adventuredog #adventureawaits #route66dog #route66dogs #dogsofroute66 #dogsofinstagram #edgallowaystotempolepark #edgallowaytotempolepark #route66oklahoma #route66 #historicroute66 #route66travel #route66roadtrip #motherroad #travelok #traveloklahoma
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This place really was Ed Galloway’s dream – he started building what became Totem Pole Park in 1937, and continued adding to the place until his death in 1962. The place fell into disrepair after that, but by the late 1980s, Ed was recognized as one of America’s noteworthy folk artists and restoration work on the part was begun. This article notes that it’s taken longer to restore Ed’s creations than it took him to build them and that the original paint colors on the huge concrete totem pole have been duplicated with special, long-lasting paint. If you’re in the area, you ought to stop by; admission’s free and in the mornings, it’s nicely shady. Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park Foyil, Oklahoma photographed 10.12.2021 PS: That’s the world’s largest concrete totem pole, in case you keep track of things like that. PS: The place is listed on the National Register of Historic Places #thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #taketimetolook #onedayoneimage #blackandwhitephotography #leicamonochrom #route66 #travelphotography #roadtrip #oklahoma #edgallowaystotempolepark #totempolepark #roadsideattraction #foyil
Maybe you’ve hesitated to take your totem pole and get out on the road, not knowing where you could even park a totem pole. Lucky for you: I found the place, right here in Oklahoma. For trip-planning purposes, though, please not that you cannot park your totem pole overnight. Which sort of opens up some other complications, doesn’t it? Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park Foyil, Oklahoma photographed 10.12.2021 #Thingsisee #reasonstostop #learningtosee #thoughtfulseeing #taketimetolook #onedayoneimage #blackandwhitephotography #leicamonochrom #travelphotography #roadtrip #edgallowaystotempolepark #totempolepark #oklahoma #foyil
Ed Galloway carved each one of these violins/ fiddles out of a different type of wood for each one.
So this is known as the world's largest concrete totem pole. It's also been described as the oldest and largest example of folk art environment in Oklahoma: Ed Galloway's totem pole Park in Foyil/Chelsea, Oklahoma. Definitely a cool Roadside Attraction! Check out our previous post for more pictures of the park.
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It's TOTEM POLE TUESDAY and time to share another GALLOWAY HISTORY TIDBIT. "Although he may be better known for the 'World’s Largest Totem Pole,' Ed Galloway’s first and continuous love throughout his life was wood." This is why Mr. Galloway created his Fiddle House woodworking workshop. Here he created all manner of treasures - delicately inlaid fiddles, tables, portraits, and so much more. You can read about The Fiddle House and the museum of Galloway artifacts it now houses by following the link below. Or better yet, stop by Totem Pole Park for a friendly visit during business hours. We look forward to seeing you soon at Totem Pole Park. https://www.rchs1.org/totem-pole-park/self-guided-tour/fiddle-house. 🦉🦅🐢 #EdGallowaysTotemPolePark #RogersCountyHistoricalSociety #LargestConcerteTotemPoleInTheWorld #RCHSowned #Route66 #Route66Oklahoma #FoyilOK #ChelseaOK #HistoricRoute66 #OklahomaHistory "All my life I did the best I knew; I built these things by the side of the road to be a friend to you." ~ Ed Galloway
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It's TOTEM POLE TUESDAY and time for another GALLOWAY HISTORY TIDBIT. Ed Galloway constructed his stone home in 1937 and continued to make improvements on the property until his death in 1962. After Ed's passing, the house slowly fell into ruin until the Rogers County Historical Society and friends came to the rescue. A tremendous restoration effort of the Ed & Villie Galloway home began in 1989 when the RCHS acquired Totem Pole Park. You can see more photos and read more details about the Ed & Villie Galloway Home by following the link below. https://www.rchs1.org/totem-pole-park/self-guided-tour/ed-and-villie-galloway-home 🦉🦅🐢 #EdGallowaysTotemPolePark #RogersCountyHistoricalSociety #LargestConcerteTotemPoleInTheWorld #RCHSowned #Route66 #Route66Oklahoma #FoyilOK #ChelseaOK #HistoricRoute66 #OklahomaHistory
Postcard from my virtual Route 66 challenge of the worlds largest Totem Pole at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park Foyil, Oklahoma. I’m raising money for Cancer Research @cr_uk in memory of my mum and dad. If you can spare any money please see the link in my bio or…. https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/thomass-giving-page-381 Thank you 😊 #foyiloklahoma #route66 #usa #americana #america #americanhistory #running #virtualchallenge #raisingmoney #cancerresearchuk #cancerresearch #inmemoryof #mumanddad #edgallowaystotempolepark #worldslargesttotempole #roadside #journey #virtualrun #oklahoma
🐺Well isn't this a friendly photo of "man's best friend," our favorite Fiddle House, and Ed and Villie Galloway! Did you know the Fiddle House was also sometimes called the Grape House because of the grapevines painted on the walls? Gotta love vintage photos of Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park 🍇 🐢💚🎻 #EdGallowaysTotemPolePark #RogersCountyHistoricalSociety #LargestConcerteTotemPoleInTheWorld #RCHSowned #Route66 #Route66Oklahoma #FoyilOK #ChelseaOK #HistoricRoute66 #OklahomaHistory
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Artwork by Cherokee artist Traci Rabbit at the Fiddle House Gift Shop. 🦅🐢 #EdGallowaysTotemPolePark #RogersCountyHistoricalSociety #LargestConcerteTotemPoleInTheWorld #RCHSowned #Route66 #Route66Oklahoma #FoyilOK #ChelseaOK #HistoricRoute66 #TraciRabbit #ShopLocal
You gotta love this place. 🦉🦅🐢 #EdGallowaysTotemPolePark #RogersCountyHistoricalSociety #LargestConcerteTotemPoleInTheWorld #RCHSowned #Route66 #Route66Oklahoma #FoyilOK #ChelseaOK #HistoricRoute66 #OklahomaHistory
We took a rest in Adair OK and realized a short detour would take us here. This is old Route 66. I personally like the cigarette smoking owl. #edgallowaystotempolepark #transamericatrail
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August at Totem Pole Park. 🐢 #EdGallowaysTotemPolePark #RogersCountyHistoricalSociety #LargestConcerteTotemPoleInTheWorld #RCHSowned #Route66 #Route66Oklahoma #FoyilOK #ChelseaOK #HistoricRoute66 #OklahomaHistory
So unique. No other place like it in the world. 🦉🦅🐢 #EdGallowaysTotemPolePark #RogersCountyHistoricalSociety #LargestConcerteTotemPoleInTheWorld #RCHSowned #Route66 #Route66Oklahoma #FoyilOK #ChelseaOK #HistoricRoute66 #OklahomaHistory