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Solon is born
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Managed ranch on his father's land in Nebraska
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Solon helped build the second White Cloud Schoolhouse
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Gutzon Tells him he should be an artist
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Studied under Louis Rebisso, Cincinnati Art School, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Won scholarship to study in France
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Studied under Emmanuel Fremiet, Académie Julian, Paris, France Married Emma Vignal (died 1934)
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Visited Crow Creek Indian Reservation, South Dakota
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Won silver and bronze medals, Paris Exposition, Paris, France
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Won silver medal, Pan-American Exposition, World's Fair, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Solons wife and two kids come to America from France
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Made the sculpture The Sioux Indian Buffalo Dance
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Solons Oldest Daughter Died
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Won gold medal, St. Louis Exposition, St. Louis, Mo.
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Moved to Connecticut Founded school of arts in Silvermine community, New Canaan, Conn.
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Founded with fellow artists the Silvermine Group of Artists (originally called the "Knockers")
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Traveled to Europe with the Young Men's Christian Association Director, Les Foyers du Soldat, Union Franco-Américaine
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Awarded Croix de Guerre for his work with the Les Foyers du Soldat, Union Franco-Américaine, during World War I Appointed head, Department of Sculpture, Educational Corps, American Expeditionary Forces Art Training Center, Bellevue, France
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Founded School of American Sculpture, New York, N.Y.
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Solon dies
