Ten Thousand Year Trail
Category: Statue
Review: Environmental Artwork that explore the rich history of a site that once included a adobe stage station and a natural water source. Great place to picnic with kids and learn about the area's history.
Description: Collaborative artwork by Artists Jim Wilsterman and Artist Machi Uchida designed for the City of Carlsbad, CA.. This Environmental Site-Specific Artwork was originally designed as a temporary installation and was purchased in response to a high level of community interest and Public acclaim. The work covers Approx. 3.5 Acres and consists of Trail markers that identify each cultural group that used an historic adjacent spring that is the area’s only dependable natural water source. This site has been identified as being of significant historical importance to every major group that settled this area over the past 10,000 years. The work identifies the now obliterated historic watercourse in Stage Coach Park with Carved Stone petrogliphs representing each culture’s symbol for water. These carvings mark the stream’s path (the stream is now relocated in a underground pipe to protect the water from contamination as it feeds into nearby Batiquitos lagoon in La Costa) leading to the riparian area surrounding the spring area. This project was purchased by the City of Carlsbad in 1990.
