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Owner:
Jefferson Fairbanks, PhD,
grandson of the sculptor
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Links:
Books
on the Sculptor Avard Fairbanks by Eugene F. Fairbanks:
"A
Sculptor's Testimony in Bronze and Stone"
"A
Sculpture Garden of Fantasy"
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The Pony Express Sculpture by Avard Fairbanks - Dedicated at the
annual convention of the Oregon
and California Trails Association, August 2001 in Casper, Wyoming,
the Pony Express Monument by Avard T. Fairbanks, PhD was unveiled
at the site of the National
Historic Trails Interpretive Center. Accepting the statue was
Al Pierson of the Bureau
of Land Management. Speaking at the event was Wyoming Senator
Craig Thomas. And unveiling the statue was Representative
Barbara Cubin. The monument overlooks the historic North Platte
River, along the banks of which ran the Pony
Express Trail, the Mormon
Pioneer Trail, and the Oregon
and California Trails.
Speaking at the event was the David N.F. Fairbanks, MD, son of
the sculptor. In his remarks, he described the concept of the sculpture,
portraying the vital interdependence of the generations. Each young
generation depends on the older one to be there, as were the station
keepers with the fresh horses. And each older generation must bid
godspeed to the younger one. The monument honors the gallant riders
who braved blistering desert heat and icy mountain snows, as well
as the station keepers, many of whom lost their lives in this daring
American enterprise.
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