Valley of Our Spirit

Created by Milo White, Lin McJunkin and Jay Bowen

The idea for Mount Vernon•s newest downtown art sculpture started with a large piece of steel in artist Milo White•s backyard. White saw more than just a hunk of metal. He saw the beginnings of a Native American-inspired totem pole. Nearly three-and-a-half years later, the 20-foot-tall, stainless- and weathered-steel structure, adorned with metal depictions of otters, ravens, salmon and a bear — with a golden-beaked eagle on top — stands tall in Riverwalk Plaza, a symbol of old and new.