John James Culbertson was born in Cincinnati and moved to Paris. According to the nearby marker, he was instrumental in building the first Paris cotton mill around 1884. He built a small cottonseed oil empire through the Paris Oil and Cotton Company, later known as Southland Cotton Oil Company.
After Paris was ravaged by fire in 1916, John and Emily Culbertson were among leading citizens who rebuilt the city. Held in high esteem by the people of Paris, the Culbertsons gave many public spaces, monuments and works of art to the city and several local institutions.
One of those is this fountain of imported Carrara marble on the city's central plaza. The fountain was built between 1924-1927 and was constructed with imported Italian Cararra marble. It's absolutely beautiful and worth a stop if you are in Paris to see the Eiffel Tower.
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