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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Ft. Carson
     
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    Hambone Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kelley, George, designer.
    Title: 
    Hambone Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 21, 1971.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Dakota sandstone; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 5 ft.; Base: approx. 2 1/2 ft. x 20 in. x 18 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Bronze plaque on sculpture, raised letters:) IN MEMORY OF/HAMILTON T. BONE/"HAMBONE"/THE LAST OF THE U.S. ARMY/FIELD ARTILLERY MULES/BORN 1932 DIED 1971/ASN: 9 Y 11/MILITARY SERVICE: 1943-1956/RETIRED WITH 4TH FIELD/ARTILLERY BATTALION (PACK)/AFTER RETIREMENT, CHAMPION JUMPING/MULE AND RODEO PERFORMER UNTIL/1966 OUT OF J.D. ACKERMAN RANCH/MORE THAN A SOLDIER/GREATER THAN A MULE/LOVED BY ALL/PLAQUE DONATED BY/AL KALY SHRINE MULE PACK TRAIN unsigned
    Description: 
    A memorial consisting of a 5 foot headstone with bronze plaque, set in the center of a concrete stepped platform surrounded by a 2 1/2 foot high brick wall.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Hambone
    Animal -- Mule
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Ft. Carson
    Gravestone
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    United States Department of the Army, Ft. Carson Army Post, Garrison Command, Ft. Carson, Colorado 80913
    Remarks: 
    The memorial marks the final resting place of "Hambone," one of the Army's last and most well-known field artillery mules. The albino mule was featured in a Life Magazine article in July 1949. He retired with the 4th Field Artillery Battalion in 1956, and gained notoriety as a champion jumping mule and rodeo performer.
    The memorial was funded by civilian friends of Ft. Carson. The memorial was built by C Company 52nd Engineer Bn, based on a sketch submitted by Division Artillery draftsman SP4 George Kelley. The $220 bronze plaque was donated by members of the Mule Team of the Al Kaly Shrine Temple. Landscaping was planned by battalion S3 Capt. Otis L. Durham. IAS files contain articles from The Mountaineer (Colorado) dated April 30, 1971; May 14, 1971; and March 29, 1974.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Colorado Springs survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    The Mountaineer (Colorado), March 29, 1974.
    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 CO000578
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