Trail Boss - Ogallala, Nebraska
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member gparkes
N 41° 07.967 W 101° 43.555
14T E 271195 N 4557079
Sitting high above Ogallala in a pioneer cemetery is this statue commemorating the Texas Trail.
Waymark Code: WM85CM
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 01/31/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
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A marker on site has this narrative:

The Trail Boss

This statue pays tribute to those courageous men who came up the Texas Trail and recognizes the role the trail drives played in establishing the beef cattle industry in the northern plains.

Boot Hill, Ogallala’s Pioneer Cemetery, established in the 1870s, was restored by the Ogallala Jaycees in 1963 in cooperation with the Keith County Historical Society.

Although the bodies were removed to the “new” Ogallala cemetery in the early 1900s, three coffins and bodies were discovered during the excavation work in 1978. The bodies were later reburied at the Ogallala Cemetery.

Sculpture by Robert Summers
Dedicated May 21, 2007
By Keith County Visitors Committee

Identity of Rider: "Trail Boss"

Name of artist: Robert Summers

Date of Dedication: May 21, 2007

Material: Bronze

Position: One Hoof Raised

Identity of Horse: Not listed

Unusual Features: Not listed
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