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Preserving Pride through Art
Cheyenne's downtown demonstrates an ongoing appreciation for public art. Melding art and history, bronze statues decorate the streets of Wyoming's capital city. Following the completion of thirty-five sculptures on Capitol Avenue, the project exploded with the addition of more than fifty bronzes. The citywide installation immortalizes symbols of the American West. The Cheyenne Children's Museum includes several statues celebrating paleontology. Others pay tribute to remarkable women like Lakota Sioux Princess Blue Waters and Louisa Swain, the first woman to vote in Wyoming Territory. Near Cheyenne Regional Hospital, the Healers of the West monument honors a notable doctor and nurse. And of particular pride is the statue of champion cowboy Verne Elliott riding a wild buffalo, commemorating the visit of President Teddy Roosevelt at the 1910 Frontier Days celebration.
Authors Starley Talbott and Michael E. Kassel return to complete the story behind the city's inspired and ambitious display of the Cowboys State's unique culture and heritage.
Starley Talbott has been a freelance author for more than fifty years. She has been published in numerous newspapers and magazine throughout the Rocky Mountain region and is the author of twelve books, including three Arcadia Publishing titles: Platte County, Fort Laramie and Cheyenne Frontier Days; and five The History Press titles: Wyoming Airmail Pioneers, A History of the Wyoming Capitol, Wyoming's Friendly Skies, A History Lover's Guide to Cheyenne, Lakeview Cemetery, and Cheyenne's Capitol Avenue Bronze. Starley holds a BS degree from the University of Wyoming and an MS degree from the University of Nevada. Michael E. Kassel serves as the Curator of Collections and the Associate Director of Operations at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum. He is an adjunct professor of history at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He holds a BS degree in historic preservation from Southeast Missouri State University, an Associate of the Arts degree in history from Laramie County Community College and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Wyoming. He is the author of Thunder on high: Cheyenne, Denver and Aviation Supremacy on the Rocky Mountain Front Range and "The United Air Lines Stewardess School in Cheyenne, Wyoming." He is the co-author of Wyoming Air Mail Pioneers, Wyoming's Friendly Skies, A History Lover's Guide to Cheyenne, Lakeview Cemetery and Cheyenne's Capitol Avenue Bronze from The History Press.
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