This structure is a statue of the renowned Rodeo icon, Casey Tibbs, that was donated to the Pioneers’ Museum following the 2017 restoration and replacement of the original fiberglass statue donated by Tibbs himself in 1966.
The base of the statue is roughly seven and a half cubic yards of concrete, with a foundation fastened in a three-foot diameter column, six-feet deep. Casey Tibbs was a six-time world saddle bronc riding winner, and popular Western icon, with his signature silhouette of a cowboy on a bucking horse, cementing the iconic imagery for years to come and bringing national attention to rodeo as a legitimate American sport. Tibbs later died on Jan. 28, 1990.