Unveiled in 2009, the statue depicts James Cotter riding his horse. Wearing a cowboy outfit and surrounded by a crew wearing identical shirts with the Cotter logo, the plaza was set up with chuck wagons and displays that might seem more at home at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
According to the San Antonio Express News, Cotter got into the real estate business after leaving the Army in the 1950s. He attended Walla Walla College in Washington and developed a 36-lot subdivision before graduating in the late 1950s.
About that time, Cotter also owned the last privately owned bus line in Washington, which served Walla Walla and the nearby area.