John Rowlands born 28 January 1841 – died 10 May 1904 as Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB Welsh journalist and explorer.
The Timeline takes the form of a traditional Congolese snake image of Hope & Fertility. The 20 feet tall, steel spiral column, features the date in silhouette relief, depicting scenes from each year in Sir Stanley's life. The monument to Stanley was designed & fabricated by a Father & Son, blacksmith & artists, Gary & Thomas Thrussell in 2011.
A nearby plaque, lists the timeline in English & Welsh.
"The journalist and explorer became involved with African exploration in response to an assignment from the New York Herald to 'find Livingstone'. Famously meeting Livingstone in October 1871, & greeting him with the now famous words "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Adapted from: (
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"In 1874, the New York Herald, in partnership with Britain's Daily Telegraph, financed Stanley on another expedition to the African continent. One of his missions was to solve a last great mystery of Africa by tracing the course of the Congo River to the sea. The difficulty of this expedition is hard to overstate. Stanley used sectional boats to pass the great cataracts that separated the Congo into distinct tracts. The boats had to be taken apart and transported around the rapids before being rebuilt to travel on the next section of river. After 999 days, on 9 August 1877, Stanley reached the Portuguese outpost of Boma, around 100 km from the mouth of the Congo River. Starting with 356 people, he reached Boma with 114 survivors, and he was the only European left. He wrote about his trials in his book Through the Dark Continent." Text Source: (
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'Under his new name, Stanley joined the Confederate Army following the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 and fought at the Battle of Shiloh. After being captured he quickly changed sides and enlisted in the Union Army. Perhaps preferring a life at sea he appears to have deserted the Union Army and joined the Federal Navy serving as a clerk on board the frigate Minnesota, before he eventually jumped that ship as well." text source:
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Timeline:
1841: Birth of John Rowland.
1858: John sails to America on Windermere.
1862: John (now H.M. Stanley) fights for the South at Shiloh.
1863: Stanley joins the US Navy.
1866: Stanley's Turkish adventure.
1867: Joined Missouri democrat, interviewed Wild Bill etc.
1867: Joined NY Herald as a journalist.
1871: Sent to find Livingstone.
1873: Reported on Ashanti Battle.
1874: Exploration of Congo.
1877: Return to Britain.
1879: Returned to Congo for King Leopold.
1884: Attended the Berlin Conference.
1886: Emmin Pasha rescue. & MP for Lambeth.
1889: Received a knighthood.
1904: Stanley Dies.