To The City of Weed From The People of Its Community

TO THE CITY OF WEED
FROM
THE PEOPLE OF ITS COMMUNITY
THE ARCH IS THE STRONGEST FORM OF
ARCHITECTURE KNOWN TO MAN
THIS STEEL ARCH REPLACES THE ORIGINAL
CONCRETE ARCH FIRST ERECTED ON THIS SITE
IN 1922. DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE OVER THE YEARS, SURFACE CRACKS APPEARED.
BECAUSE THERE WERE NO BLUEPRINTS OF ITS
DESIGN THE CITY FELT IT WAS UNSAFE. THE
ARCH WAS TORN DOWN IN 1963. IT TOOK OVER
THREE WEEKS TO REMOVE BY TORCH AS THE
ARCH WAS STRUCTURALLY BUILT WITH STEEL
RAILROAD TRACK THROUGHOUT!
THIS LANDMARK IS OUR COMMUNITY'S
COMMITMENT IN WELCOMING THOSE WHO VISIT
OUR AREA AND ESTABLISHES A PHYSICAL
SYMBOL OF OUR UNITY
HUMANITY AND CAMARADERIE IDENTIFY THOSE
INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, BUSINESSES AND SERVICE
CLUBS WHOSE VISION AND UNSELFISH
DONATIONS ERECTED THIS MONUMENT
MAY 29, 1989

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