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269:, the chairman of the art department at the time, because "I collect conversation pieces. I'm a little bit of an eccentric." In 2011, the sculpture was vandalized once again. Afterwards, a secret group restored the horse. Later the Curtis family had the sculpture bolted to a concrete pad because periodically people would knock it over. Around 2012 the Curtis family sold approximately 650 acres of the farm to the University of Georgia, but retained a 20-foot by 20-foot section where the horse they then owned stood. Subsequently, the Curtis family offered to deed the horse and remaining 400 square feet to the University on the condition the horse stayed in place; however, the University insisted that the sculpture be returned to campus. As of January 2020 the matter had not been resolved. 43: 73: 774: 1382: 29: 788: 80: 50: 638: 646: 255:. However, after the sculpture was vandalized by disgruntled students, the sculpture was secretly moved to a barn. It remained there before horticulture professor L.C. Curtis moved it to his farm near 404: 1437: 437: 281:
in honor of the sculpture. The university uses the farm for agricultural research. In February 2017, a study created at the farm was released, which consisted of the use of
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In 2014, the University of Georgia named the approximately 650 acre portion of the farm it purchased the
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Link to the Georgia Center Film and Videotape Collection, which includes the 1962 film
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The early history of the sculpture was depicted in the 1962
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in 1979, Curtis claimed that he wanted the sculpture from
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as well as the 1980 William VanDerKloot documentary,
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Iron Horse is located in Georgia
Iron Horse is located in the United States
Abbott Pattison
Greene County, Georgia
Coordinates
33°43′37″N 83°18′03″W / 33.72690°N 83.30092°W / 33.72690; -83.30092
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Abbott Pattison
University of Georgia
Abbott Pattison
University of Georgia
Reed Hall
Watkinsville, Georgia
The New York Times
Lamar Dodd
"Iron Horse Plant Sciences Farm"
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1954 in art
"Body found stabbed, burned"



"Iconic Iron Horse's hooves eaten by rust, but will be repaired"


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