Paul Moore
Apr 21, 2020
2 minutes
—Kirstin Fawcett
renowned figurative sculptor was hired in 2000 to create a 45-piece Oklahoma City monument celebrating the state’s centennial. Ultimately completed in December 2019, the vast assemblage of life-size horses, soldiers, covered wagons, and pioneers depicts the 1889 Land Run, when 50,000 settlers galloped into the Unassigned Lands of Oklahoma Territory to stake their claims. Moore’s own great-grandfather, who’s shown in the installation
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