Although the rotunda of the capitol that the statue rests upon was damaged in the 1993 Scotts Mills earthquake , the statue itself was unharmed even though it did shift . The Oregon Pioneer statue has been finished with a new layer of gold leaf four times in its history . First in 1939 and again in 1958 by Bob Fulton , then in 1984 by John Edwards and Roy Darby . Then in September 2000 , it was re-gilded for the fourth time by Lee Littlewood , Peter McKearnan and Nancy Comstock . The 1984 re-guilding of the statue was funded by Oregon school children through a penny drive . The fundraising effort raised over $ 37,000
1993 Scotts Mills earthquake
1993 Scotts Mills earthquake
Oregon Pioneer