This article apeared in the Los Angeles Times, February 10, 1896

Ventura is to have a soldiers' monument, and one worthy of the object to which it will be dedicated. The special committee of the G. A. R., W. R. C., and Sons of Veterans made up of the follwoing members, made final choice of a design Saturday: Frank Hobart, N. H. Shaw, Dr. Hoppin, Mrs. Hobart, Jerome Larmer, Bay Webster and Fred Woods. The design is imposing of the usual martial design and heroic in size. It will be made in Bridgeport, Ct., and erected in the soldiers' lot in the Ventura Cemetery."