{"id":19257,"date":"2024-01-12T18:19:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T18:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smilescreator.com\/sculpture-in-the-old-west-at-the-old-trappers-lodge-in-woodland-hills-california\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T18:19:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T18:19:45","slug":"sculpture-in-the-old-west-at-the-old-trappers-lodge-in-woodland-hills-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilescreator.com\/woodland-hills-ca\/sculpture-in-the-old-west-at-the-old-trappers-lodge-in-woodland-hills-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Sculpture in the Old West at the Old Trapper’s Lodge in Woodland Hills, California"},"content":{"rendered":"
The art of the old west is the main focus on this Old Trapper’s Lodge, located in Woodland Hills<\/a>. This is a folk-art setting that was designed in the hands of the creator John Ehn. His works were created over the course of thirty years. His characters are based on Ehn’s family as well as his personal mythology. The Boot Hill Cemetery is built on his favourite myths as well as folk music. The statues are adorned with portraits of characters who have passed away and tombstones with epitaphs.<\/span><\/p>\n John Ehn, a former trapper from Michigan He relocated into Southern California in the early 1940s. The man was real mountain man, and also an old-fashioned spinner. He was employed by the State for a period of twenty years. He passed away aged 85 in 1981. He was disabled in part, but he had a deep love in Old West history. He designed goggle-eyed statues for California pioneers. In the last 30 years of existence he made a variety of sculptures inspired by his family. They were displayed in his hotel and named it The Old Trapper’s Lodge.<\/span><\/p>\n