The statue was done by sculptor
Rich Roenisch and was unveiled on September 10th, 2005. It stands at the entrance to Rotary Park at Fifth Street and First Avenue SW. The statue and plaques on each side of the sandstone plinth below are bronze. The statue itself is one and one half times life sized and depicts Emerson in vest, chaps and cowboy hat standing beside his saddle, no doubt mentally preparing for another arduous day on the ranch.
The plinth is made of local sandstone stones set in mortar. Within the plinth is a time capsule, installed with the erection of the statue in September of 2005, to be opened on the 125th anniversary of Incorporation of the Town of High River.
High River incorporated as a village on December 5, 1901 then incorporated as a town on February 12, 1906, meaning that the time capsule is to be opened on February 12, 2031.