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    		• Felten, Pete,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Hays
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Boot Hill Cowboy, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Felten, Pete, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Boot Hill Cowboy, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1973.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: Kansas or Indiana limestone; Base: limestone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft.; Base: approx. H. 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On back of sculpture:) Pete Felten (On plaque on front of base:) YOU NOW STAND ON/THE ORIGINAL BOOT HILL/BETWEEN 1867 AND 1874 MORE THAN EIGHTY PERSONS WERE BURIED HERE./DOZENS OF THEM HAD DIED "WITH THEIR BOOTS ON" AS VICTIMS OF KNIFE,/GUN, OR ROPE. SINCE THE DAYS WHEN WILD BILL HICKOK, BUFFALO BILL,/AND CALAMITY JANE LIVED IN HAYS CITY, THE BODIES OF SHERIFFS,/ STATE REPRESENTATIVES, AND OTHER SLAIN CITIZENS HAVE RESTED HERE/ALONGSIDE THOSE OF MURDERERS, HORSETHIEVES, AND LOOSE WOMEN./SHERIFF HICKOK HIMSELF SENT BILL MULVEY AND SAM STRAWHIM TO THIS/HILL IN 1869. OTHERS BURIED HERE INCLUDE/ (List of 25 names)/ABOUT HALF THE BODIES STILL LIE HERE: THE OTHERS HAVE BEEN/MOVED TO MT. ALLEN CEMETERY. signed
    Description: 
    Standing male figure, hair parted in the middle. He wears a buttonless jacket with notched lapels, a round collared shirt, v-neck vest, long pants and boots. His arms hang down at his sides, his proper left hand holding a cowboy hat, his proper right hand clenched.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Cowboy
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Hays
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Ellis County Historical Society, 100 West 7th Street, Hays, Kansas 67601
    Located Old Boot Hill cemetery, 18th & Fort Streets, Hays, Kansas
    Remarks: 
    The idea for the monument originated with the Ellis County Historical Society as part of the restoration of Old Hays City. The organization approved approximately $12,500 to cover the cost of landscaping, the sculpture and a marker. The renovated cemetery was dedicated during a special ceremony May 5, 1973. The survey reports that the figure was carved from Kansas limestone, but June 8, 1972 newsclipping from the Hays Daily News (Kansas) states it was Indiana limestone. IAS files contain copies of articles from the Hays Daily News (Kansas) June 8, 1972; July 12, 1972; Aug. 8, 1972; Dec. 29, 1972; Feb. 11, 1973; and April 8, 1973.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1994.
    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 KS000073
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