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Buffalo & Bison Statues (page 1)

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Some of the statues shown in the rows below may have been produced by Sculptured Advertising in Sparta, WI in the early 1960s. The variations may have been produced by making molds of the original statues.

Buffalo
Hurricane Mills, TN		 Buffalo
Luverne, MN
This Buffalo statue in Hurricane Mills stands in front of Loretta Lynn's Ranch Kitchen.

This Buffalo statue in Luverne is located at Those Blasted Things, a gift shop which opened in 2001. [map]

Buffalo
Pensacola, FL		 Buffalo
Driggs, ID		 Buffalo
Oklahoma City, OK
This Buffalo statue in Pensacola is located at Frontier Motors. The statue has been there since at least 2008. [map]

This Buffalo statue in Driggs has been installed on the roof of this building since at least 2007 when the Gourmet Pantry occupied the space below. The building now houses Silver Peaks Realty. These photos are from 2014. This statue is obviously from the same mold as those shown in the row above. For more, see this website. [map]

This Buffalo statue in Oklahoma City was installed in front of a Coca-Cola plant in 2004. It was part of the Spirit of the Buffalo art project when dozens of buffalo statues were installed around the city. [map]

Buffalo [gone]
El Dorado, AR		 Buffalo
Tupelo, MS
This Buffalo statue in El Dorado was installed on top of a sign at Joe's Tire Service. It was gone by 2023. There is a smaller buffalo statue there. [map]

This Buffalo statue in Tupelo stands in front of the Tupelo Buffalo Park & Zoo. The park opened in 2001 and the statue might have been installed then. The statue has reflector eyes. [map]

Buffalos
Calumet, OK
These Buffalos are located at Indian Trading Post & Art. [map]

Buffalo
Madison, SD		 Buffalo
Huron, SD
These Buffalo statues in Madison and Huron are at the two locations of Prostrollo new car dealerships. These fiberglass representations of "Big Medicine" were built by FAST. They are 12 feet tall and 20 feet long. The first one was installed in Madison around 1970 while the one in Huron has been there since 1987. The fur on top of both statues' heads was painted brown until sometime between 2012 and 2015. [Madison map]; [Huron map]

Buffalo
Sioux Falls, SD
This Buffalo was installed at Aqua One sometime between 2011 and 2018 where it stands today. The statue may have come from Buffalo Bill's Wild West restaurant in Sioux Falls which operated from 1968-1971. The restaurant had a buffalo statue as well as a Buffalo Bill statue. The Buffalo Bill statue was later moved to Cody's Tavern & Grill and is now located in Wasta, SD. [map]

Buffalo
Oacoma, SD
These three Buffalo statues are installed across the street from Al's Oasis, facing I-90. The pair shown on the left are much smaller than the one shown in the two photos on the right. They have been there since at least 2002 and have probably been there much longer. Al's Oasis opened there in the early 1950s. [map]

Buffalo
Center City, MN		 Buffalo
Duluth, MN
This Buffalo statue in Center City stands in the field next to Eichtens Hidden Acres, which sells cheese and bison products. He is accompanied by a mouse statue. [map]

This Buffalo statue in Duluth is installed on a trailer near the Buffalo House Restaurant. Nicknamed "Burko the Buffalo, he participates in local parades. For more, see this website. [map]

Fred the Buffalo [gone]
Tucson, AZ		 Buffalo
Gothenburg, NE
Fred the Buffalo in Tucson was installed on a boat on the roof of Copper Country Antiques. The statue was painted different colors year-round. The store closed in 2015 and all the statues are gone. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

This life-sized Buffalo in Gothenburg is made of 1,400 pounds of barbed wire. It is located in front of the Sod House Museum. The sculpture was created by Merle Block. It has been here since at least 1998. [map]

Buffalo
Morongo Valley, CA
2017: 2023:
This Buffalo statue appears to be aluminum. It was installed on the roof of Willie Boy's Saloon sometime after 2012. It was repainted in 2022 when the business became Spaghetti Western. [map]

Buffalo
Kadoka, SD
This Buffalo sculpture in Kadoka has been installed at a Sinclair station since at least 2008. [map]

Prairie Bull
McCook, NE		 Bison
Kearney, NE
This Prairie Bull bison sculpture was produced by Gary Ginther in 2000. It is installed in front of the Carnegie Library. The bronze sculpture is seven feet long. For more, see this website. [map]

This fiberglass Bison statue was created by Gary Ginther in 2002. It is 10 feet tall. The fiberglass statue was produced from a bronze sculpture by Ginther. Ted Turner, the media mogul, commissioned this statue after seeing a replica of Ginther's Prairie Bull sculpture in McCook. Turner owns the largest bison herd in the country. He had this statue installed outside his restaurant, Ted's Montana Grill, in Atlanta, GA. The statue was moved here in 2011, on loan, to the Great Platte River Road Archway. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

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