THE MONUMENTS
Click the arrow beside each name to expand the monument description. Each entry includes historical context & sculptural details. When a piece is available for purchase, that availability information is clearly noted within the description.
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Location | Enid, OK
Commissioned By | NBC Oklahoma's predecessor.
Size | Life
H’s first monument at a time when not a lot of public art was being done. It was a learning curve and he figured he made about $3.00 per hour when he was done. This sculpture later became a symbol of the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893, used on a U. S. Postage stamp, and was the Symbol of Enid for many years.
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Dedicated | 1991
Location | Altus, OK
Size | Life
Ken Fergeson President of NBC Oklahoma and such a great friend not only to H but to all Oklahoma Artists, commissioned this piece. H and Ken did much research around Doan's Crossing on the Western Trail south of Altus. A huge Granite boulder was brought in from Quartz Mountain for the bronze to sit on. Profit from this piece went to the Western Oklahoma State College in Altus.
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Dedicated | September 1987
Location | Ranching Heritage Museum in Lubbock, TX
Size | Life
This monument was first a maquette which is still given every year to the rancher selected as the National Golden Spur Award winner.
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Dedicated | April 17th, 1993
Location | Government Springs Park, Enid, OK
Size | Life
Dr. Charlie Ogle President of the Cherokee Strip Booster Club was istrumental in all of the Centennial celebrations along with his wife Ann. His vision for celebrating the Land Run of 1893, was unparalleled. Celebrating the "Largest, most spectacular competitive event in history." H and I were involved in every aspect of it President Bush came to enid for a parade. This sculpture is Boomer after he has made the run.
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Dedicated | April 17th, 1994
Location | Enid, Altus-Quartz Mountain Lodge, Canadian, TX (Private Residence)
Size | Life
Bill Athey and SNB Enid underwrote this sculpture which sits on the Enid Courthouse lawn. Celebrating the Native American culture, this sculpture was blessed by the Black Leggin Society and Hank and Marie Childs were kind enough to loan us a ceremonial headdress.
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Dedicated | May 1996
Location | Enid, OK, Altus, OK, and Canadian, TX (private residence)
Size | Life+
Again, Ken Fergeson commissioned this through NBC Oklahoma. Maquettes were sold to recoup funds and were given to Western Oklahoma State College in Altus.
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Dedicated | October 26th, 2000
Location | OKC Stockyards
Size | Life & 1/4th
This I believe was the 1st State Centennial Sculpture to celebrate statehood. H dedicated it to our first grandchild Patrick Martin Meyer, who died of a fatal heart defect when he was 4 ó days old.
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Dedicated | February 23rd, 2002
Location | Gallagher Iba Arena, Stillwater, OK
Size | Life
This commission came about because of H's relationship with Nate Fleming's family. (His Aunt Margaret Wright is one of my closest friends). After the plane crash that killed 10 OSU basketball players, coaches and media, H was contacted to do a memorial. Still grieving from the loss of our first grandchild, I believe H put his grief into this sculpture. At a meeting at OSU, H drew his design on a napkin. It was approved and he sculpted the piece. I think it is one of 2 his monuments that looks like him.
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Dedicated | October 26th, 2005
Location | OKC, Oklahoma History Center
Size | Life
This piece was done as a focal point for the new Oklahoma History Center when it was built. H made sure to tie the horns into the head of the buffalo so no one would get impaled.
Additional castings are available with some geographical restrictions.
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Dedicated | 2005
Location | Will Rogers World Airport, OKC, OK
Size | Life
This was a competitive commission. H sculpted Will Rogers standing and spinning a rope (Cherokee Kid) for his presentation. At the meeting with airport officials, we suggested that a 6' bronze of a standing figure would be lost in front of the airport and that they needed something larger. He got the commission and sculpted Will on his horse Teddy.
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Dedicated | June 2005
Location | Ness City, KS Courthouse
Size | Life
Ray Schoonover was an insurance agent here in Enid and from Ness City which is a small town in Kansas north of Dodge City with a population of about 1,300 folks. They wanted to honor the town's namesake so for years they raised money with bake sales, brick sales and purchases of the maquettes to fund.this sculpture.
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Dedicated | June 6th, 2006
Location | National Cowboy Museum in OKC, OK
Size | 7 Ft
Ed Gaylord was a founding and lifetime supporter of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. This sculpture was done to honor his contributions to the museum. It was a gift from Ed's dear friend Edward c. Joullian Ill.
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Dedicated | June 2005
Location | UCO-Edmond
Size | Life
Ken Fergeson again. Maquettes were sold to fund the monument. Both Payton and Morgan (our local grandkids) attended.
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Dedicated | 2007
Location | OKC Fairgrounds
Size | Life
This piece was commissioned by the Oklahoma Centennial Commission, Folks from the AQHA came to inspect it during the process as H wanted to represent the perfect" Quarter Horse. H could sculpt or draw a horse in his sleep. He knew every muscle and what it would do at any given time. He was also very critical (mostly privately, but not always) of sculptures of bad horses.
additional life-size sculptures available for purchase
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Dedicated | 2007
Location | Oklahoma Baptist University Wellness Center
Size | Life+Dedicated in the wellness center at OBU in Shawnee in 2007. Underwritten by Ken Fergeson with maquettes sold to help fund the monument.
Monument Available for Purchase
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Dedicated | 2007
Location | Rogers Sate University-Bartlesville
Size | 6 ft
This monument was made of the maquette that H had shown the OKC Airport folks for their monument before he convinced them that a standing 6' man would be lost in the crowd at the airport.
additional life-size sculptures available for purchase
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Dedicated
November 13, 2007 - Alva, OK
February 29, 2008 - Enid, OK
August 23rd, 2025 - Ranger Field in Alva
Size | Life & 1/4th
Mascot of NWOSU, There are 3 copies of this monument. The first was installed in Alva and underwritten by the McDaniel family, Second was in Enid, underwritten by Harold Hamm and the 3rd is also in Alva. Smaller versions were sold and also prints to raise $ for the NWOSU Foundation.
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Dedicated | September 16th, 2007
Location | Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid, OK
Size | Life & 1/2
This is Boomer after he has made the run, settled his claim and now has a family. Honoring the State Centennial, this was underwritten by Larry and Delores McClure. H used his good friend Ronnie Green for the man, daughter Shannon for the wife and the McClure's granddaughter for the little girl.
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Dedicated
June 26th, 2008
Location | Enid, OK Courthouse Lawn
Size | ½ Life
Because of Enid's ties to Vance AFB, this piece ties together the Pioneer (again Ronnie Green), Astronaut Eileen Collins and a pilot representing Lt. Col. Leon R. Vance.
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Dedicated | May 12, 2012
Location | Ft. Smith, Arkansas
Size | Life and 1/4
Another competitive commission. Lots of research was done for this as always to be historically accurate. We were escorted from the foundry in Norman by law enforcement all the way from Norman to Ft. Smith when we delivered it. It was wonderful to see the pride in the local and state officers drop off and pick up as we traversed Oklahoma. Was finished after H's lung transplant.
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Dedicated | August 28th, 2010
Location | Enid, OKC and San Antonio
Size | Life 6'
Got threw us a bone for H to complete this and Bass Reeves. H never intentionally used himself as a model in sculpture but I felt he did here and also with the We Will Remember piece. This was dedicated the day Lewis Zamperini came to speak at Emmanuel.
6’ & 3’ sculpture available for purchase
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Dedicated | November 28th, 2021
Location | Boone Pickens Stadium, Oklahoma State University
Size | Life and 1/2
Mike Holder is a persistent man. H was about to start working on Pistol Pete for OSU and Mike talked H into pushing that back. We met Boone when he was in his 80s and Mike wanted him 25 years younger and Boone wanted to be 10 pounds lighter. When I watched H sculpt this, sometimes from life with Boone sitting for him, I wished they had met 25 years earlier.
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Dedicated | November 7th, 2021
Location | Boone Pickens Stadium, Oklahoma State University
Size | Life & 1/2
Again, Mike Holder. H declined this piece as sports figures are not really his thing. But the best sculptor for sports figures Blaire Buswell was not available. H said no several times then Mike started sending H photos of really bad Barry Sanders sculptures and H finally said. ''I'll do it". Again, Pistol Pete was pushed back.
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Dedicated | 2022
Location | Waukomis, OK
Size | ¾ Life
Mo and Richard Anderson wanted something for their Buffalo Junction corner so H sculpted a Buffalo for them, however they wanted it to be very colorful. This is H's only sculpture that had to be patinated (colored) by a guy that paints motorcycles for a living.
additional castings available for purchase
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Dedicated | September 6, 2024 (6 months after H's death)
Location | OSU Campus, Stillwater, OK
Size | Larger than Life
H met Pistol Pete when he was 5 years old. H rode his pony in the Cherokee Strip Days parade in Enid and when he got in front of the Judge's stand, he reared up his pony. For that, H won 1st place in the 10 and under division and part of the prize was getting to sit on Frank Eaton's lap and hold his gun. It made quite an impression on H. Sadly, H died before he finished this piece so his friends Paul Moore and John Rule came to H's studio, used H's tools and followed H's design to complete the monument. It was dedicated on September 6, 2024. The only thing missing that day was H.