The Franklin Town Council approved the name of the new park where the “Sowing the Seeds of the Future” sculpture will be installed in March.
The “pocket park” located between the two bridges over the Little Tennessee River will be named Women’s History Park. The name was approved at the Feb. 5 Town Council meeting.
The Folk Heritage Association of Macon County is donating the sculpture to the town. The sculpture, created by nationally renowned sculptor Wesley Wofford, represents three of Macon County’s diverse women – a Cherokee woman (Na-ka Rebecca Morris), an African American slave (Salley), and a pioneer woman (Timoxena Siler Sloan) – whose lives and cultures intersected in the early days of Macon County. These historical women are all connected by a specific piece of property that was on the Little Tennessee River across from the Nikwasi Mound.
The sculpture will serve as the new trailhead for the Women’s History Trail. Work is underway at the park site in East Franklin. The unveiling of the sculpture is set for Saturday, March 23.