RANGE RIDER OF THE YELLOWSTONE - Billings, Montana
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BruceS
N 45° 48.140 W 108° 32.192
12T E 691428 N 5075037
Equestrian statue of a cowboy and his horse surveying the city below and is located near Logan International Airport in Billings.
Waymark Code: WM6R01
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2009
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The RANGE RIDER OF THE YELLOWSTONE overlooks the city from the airport. The bronze life-size group (unveiled July 4, 1927) of a cowboy and his mount, posed by William S. (Bill) Hart and his horse, Paint, is the work of Charles Christadora. It was placed originally at the edge of the Rimrock several hundred yards east of the airport, but was moved in February 1938 because the flood waters of June 1937 damaged the cliff beneath and made its position unsafe. - Montana: A State Guide Book, 1939, Billings Section, pg. 133.
The Range Rider continues to look over the City of Billings from his pedestal on the Rimrock near the airport. The city he overlooks is much larger than the city was at the time the guide was written.