El Capitan - Dodge City, Kansas - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

The sculpture is of a Texas longhorn steer typical of the lead steers in the cattle drivers. From 1875 and 1885, over four million longhorns were shipped to eastern markets from the railhead in Dodge City. The long horn cattle had huge economic impact the development of Dodge City.

 

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El Capitan

 

This statue commemorates the Texas longhorn that gave Dodge City its place in history as "Queen of the Cowtowns."  The longhorns are descendants of Spanish cattle brought to Mexico in the 16th century.  Between 1875 and 1886, over 4 million head were driven up the trail to the Santa Fe railhead in Dodge City

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: El Capitan Figure Type: Animal Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Jasper D'Ambrosi Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1980 Materials used: Bronze Location: Intersection of Second & Wyatt Earp Boulevard

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Date Logged Log User Rating   11/18/2022 The Snowdog visited it