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Felten, Pete,
Portrait male -- Hickok, Wild Bill
Occupation -- Service
Object -- Weapon
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Hays
Sculpture
Wild Bill Hickok, (sculpture).
Artist:
Felten, Pete, sculptor.
Title:
Wild Bill Hickok, (sculpture).
Dates:
1989.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: Kansas or Indiana limestone; Base: brick.
Dimensions:
Base: approx. H. 3 ft. 9 in. (Statue: 1,640 lbs.).
Inscription:
: (On plaque on front of base:) JAMES BUTLER "WILD BILL" HICKOK/(1837-1876)/WHEN ELLIS COUNTY'S ELECTED OFFICIALS FAILED IN MID-1869/TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER, THE "BETTER CLASS OF CITIZENS" HIRED/WELL-KNOWN GUNFIGHTER JAMES BUTLER HICKOK TO ACT AS "SHERIFF"./SAM STRAWHUN AND BILL MULVEY RESISTED HICKOK AND WERE SOON/BURIED ON HAYS CITY'S BOOT HILL. "WILD BILL" LOST THE 1869/ELECTION TO HIS OWN DEPUTY AND FLED THE AREA IN 1870 AFTER/KILLING JOHN KYLE AND WOUNDING JEREMIAH LONERGAN, BOTH 7TH/CAVALRYMEN, IN A BARROOM BRAWL./HE WAS ASSASSINATED AT DEADWOOD, S.D., IN 1876./PETE FELTEN, SCULPTOR/OUR 100TH ANNIVERSARY GIFT TO THE RESIDENTS OF/HAYS AND ELLIS COUNTY, APRIL 29, 1989/FIRST NATIONAL BANK/NOW/EMPRISE BANK, N.A./HAYS, KANSAS
Description:
Standing figure of Wild Bill Hickok. He has long hair and wears boots, a jacket, long pants and a wide brimmed hat. The barrels of two guns point down and are held in place by his belt on either side of his waist, the handles turned inward. His arms hang down by his sides, his fingertips pressed against his legs.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Hickok, Wild Bill -- Full length
Occupation -- Service -- Policeman
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Hays
Sculpture
Owner:
Union Pacific Plaza, 10th & Main, Hays, Kansas
Remarks:
IAS files contain related articles, including one from the Hays Daily News, April 28, 1989, that details the sculpture's relocation from the 400 block of Sixth to its permanent home at the new downtown park, Union Pacific Plaza, 10th and Main.
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 KS000070
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Inventory of American Sculpture
KS000070
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