This sculpture has a place of pride in the center of a round-about traffic circle at the Scottsdale waterfront shopping area. It's called Passing the Legacy and was created by Herb Mignery. It pays tribute to the Pony Express which was established in 1860. It also pays tribute to the Arizona group known as Hashknife Pony Express who since 1958, have revived the tradition with an annual 200-mile relay to deliver mail from Holbrook Arizona to Scottsdale Arizona. This monument was put up in 2008 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of that ride. I attended the Scottsdale culmination of that ride two years ago and posted about it here.
Oh my... Herb Mignery really did a good job of expressing the action.
ReplyDeleteWasn’t easy to deliver mail then.....Beautiful sculptor .
ReplyDeleteThe great American west in bronze.
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful, Sharon! There is so much movement in the piece!
ReplyDeleteVery lively!
ReplyDeleteThose were the days. The forerunner of today's Express Mail. :-)
ReplyDeleteVery impressive and a nice sense of movement.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a beautiful sculpture with an interesting history behind it!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully sculpted.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great sculpture and an interesting historical event.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh that is a spectacular sculpture Sharon. I Googled Herb Mignery to see more of his work, he is unbelievably talented 💙
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