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    		• Felten, Pete,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Buffalo Bill
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Circus
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Hays
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Buffalo Bill Cody, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Felten, Pete, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Buffalo Bill Cody, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated July 8, 1961.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: stone; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft. x W. 2 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. H. 4 ft. 6 in. x W. 2 ft. 3 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of plinth:) CODY (On front of base:) COL. WM. F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY./CO-FOUNDER, WITH WILLIAM ROSE, IN 1867,/OF THE TOWN OF ROME, PREDECESSOR OF HAYS./THE TOWNSITE OF ROME IS ONE MILE WEST/OF THIS POINT (WEST 12TH ST., EXTENDED),/NORTH OF THE R.R. TRACK AND ALONG THE WEST/BANK OF BIG CREEK. A PERMANENT MARKER/IS LOCATED ON THE ORIGINAL SITE./THE FIRST STEPS TO ORGANIZE ELLIS/COUNTY WERE TAKEN AT ROME AND COMPLETED/IN HAYS, OCT. 28, 1867. GOVERNOR SAMUEL/J. CRAWFORD APPOINTED WILLIAM ROSE A/MEMBER OF THE FIRST BOARD OF COUNTY/COMMISSIONERS./THIS MEMORIAL, ERECTED BY THE DONORS/WHOSE NAMES APPEAR ON THE BACK PANEL/OF THIS BASE, WAS DEDICATED JULY 8, 1961.
    Description: 
    Waist-length sculpture of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody. His hair is long and his arms are folded across his chest. He wears a belted, long-sleeved jacket, collared shirt and cowboy hat.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Buffalo Bill -- Waist length
    Occupation -- Other -- Scout
    Performing Arts -- Circus
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Hays
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Outside courthouse and library, Hays, Kansas
    Remarks: 
    Buffalo Bill Cody, a famous scout and wild West showman, was the co-founder of the town of Rome, the predecessor of Hays.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS KS000074
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