HSU Library Special Collections catalog number 1999.02.0105

Hoisting McKinley. Photograph by A. W. Ericson. The bronze statue of President McKinley was commissioned by Arcata pioneer George Zehndner as a gift to the city. It was created by the San Francisco sculptor Haig Patigian for fifteen thousand dollars. The sculpture survived the devastating San Francisco earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906 and was installed on the Arcata Plaza May 2, 1906.