Pony Express Rider - Troy, KS
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 39° 47.195 W 095° 05.363
15S E 321089 N 4406158
Let us take a closer look at this bronze relief seen all over Kansas
Waymark Code: WMNF78
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 03/04/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team
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County of art: Doniphan
Location of art: Walnut St., courthouse lawn, Troy
Artist: Alexander Phimister Proctor, 1860-1950
Founder: The Gorham Company, Bronze Division
Date made: 1931

This simple Pony Express route marker, has a nice piece of bronze art, which is seldom look at closely.
The web link below provides details of the artist and the work.

The relief itself is a figure of Jack Kectley, dressed in hip-length jacket, cowboy boots, western hat, and scarf, sits atop a horse in full gallop. Jack was the first relay rider to leave the station at Marysville, Kansas and headed west on the very first run

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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/1931

Website for sculpture?: [Web Link]

Where is this sculpture?:
Walnut St & Main St.
courthouse lawn
Troy, KS United States
66087

Sculptors Name: Alexander Phimister Proctor
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