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Meet Woodland's Crusader

Sponsored by:

Damaris & Everett Koontz​

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Pose: 

Stander

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Position:

Outside Ring

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First Ride:

Opening Day - June 2nd, 2001

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Their plea arrived in childish scrawl, penciled on a scrap of paper in thick, crooked letters: "Make one that looks like a knight..." It was only a suggestion, offered after a child had watched Everett demonstrate carousel carving techniques at the Salem Art Fair. But it captured a yearning. As fate would have it, the horse that Everett and Damaris "Dee" would adopt is a majestic medieval mount that any knight in shining armor would feel proud to ride.

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