Salem Sue
Salem Sue was the second giant roadside animal sculpture built in North Dakota, after the world's largest buffalo was erected in Jamestown, North Dakota in 1959.
A road leads up to the base of the statue, where one may view the surrounding terrain for a distance of several miles. Although it is free to visit, an at-will donation bin, shaped like a milk can, sits at the bottom of the hill to help maintain the property and re-paint the cow as needed.
A brochure available at the nearby gas station contains the "Ballad of the Holstein" to the tune of "Joy to the World":
We've got the world's largest Holstein cow, that looks across our fields.
Her presence shows that New Salem grows
with milk-producers' yields, with milk-producers' yields, with milk-producers' yields.
The genus of fossil plant †Susiea Taylor, DeVore & Pigg was named after Salem Sue.
References
- ^ Fifer, Barbara; Vicky Soderberg; Joseph Mussulman (2002). Along the trail with Lewis and Clark. Farcountry Press. p. 185. ISBN 1-56037-188-9. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
- ^ "Salem Sue, World's Largest Holstein Cow, New Salem, North Dakota". RoadsideAmerica.com. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
- ^ "Salem Sue". City of New Salem. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- ^ "Salem Sue".
- ^ Taylor, W., DeVore, M. L., & Pigg, K. B. (2006). "Susiea newsalemae gen. et sp. nov.(Nymphaeaceae): Euryale-like seeds from the Late Paleocene Almont Flora, North Dakota, USA." International Journal of Plant Sciences, 167(6), 1271-1278.
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