Pikes Peak Range Riders - Colorado Springs, CO
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N 38° 50.025 W 104° 49.507
13S E 515178 N 4298342
This pair of Riders sit on a small rise in central Colorado Springs at the intersection of S. Cascade Ave and E. Pikes Peak Ave.
Waymark Code: WM7XQG
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 12/19/2009
Views: 18
Central Naming Plaque text:
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Pikes Peak Range Riders Memorial
Empty Saddles
These Range Riders no longer on this earth do ride.
They now follow new trails beyond the Great Divide,
where the water’s sweeter and the grass grows higher,
and the way is so easy that man or mount never tire.
The Range Riders * Bronze by Rusty Phelps
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Dedication Plaque text:
This bronze statue dedicated on July 23rd 1988 is a gift from the Pikes Peak Range Riders To the people of the region in appreciation for their unfailing support over the past years.
The Pikes Peak Range Riders organization was founded in 1949 by Kenneth D. Brookhart on the mule and Everett R. Conover on the horse to promote the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo and to honor and perpetuate our western heritage and spirit each summer. This dedicated group of horsemen make an annual trail ride over five days to focus attention on our western tradition. They work individually and collectively the rest of the year to preserve it.
Then and Now
Those early trailblazers while passing this way, liked the country they saw and decided to stay, with abiding faith in God and their great toil they put down strong roots in this fertile soil. As fruitful labor filled their each great need, their society took the golden rule as it’s creed, molding the rich heritage we’ve come to expect of freedom and liberty they battled to protect. Once again those same first trails we ride to feel the spirit of the legacy they did guide as we travel across mountain, valley and stream to see what they saw and live their bright dream. Ken Ochs
Identity of Rider: Pikes Peak Range Riders
Identity of Horse: Unknown
Name of artist: Rusty Phelps
Date of Dedication: July 23, 1988
Material: Bronze
Unusual Features: This is a pair of Riders / Not on Level / Climbing a small Hill
Position: One Hoof Raised
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