D. Michael Thomas

WELCOMING VISITORS TO CHEYENNE FRONTIER DAYS IN FRONTIER PARK THIS SUMMER WILL BE A MAGNIFICENT new bronze sculpture of one of Wyoming’s most beloved native sons: the late and legendary Chris LeDoux. Nearly six years in the making, the 14 x 17-foot sculpture called Just LeDoux It was a labor of love for artist D. Michael Thomas. A Wyoming native himself, Thomas has two major pieces at the University of Wyoming at Laramie, two pieces in Sheridan, four in his hometown of Buffalo, a huge one of LeDoux in Kaycee, and the upcoming one in Cheyenne.

Thomas was also a friend of LeDoux’s.

“He was everything good,” he says. For Thomas, “Mr. Wyoming” was a cowboy and a gentleman, the incarnation of the Cowboy Code — a man of his word, a talented