Thursday, May 25, 2023 (continued)
We continued onward to Cheyenne, the capital of Wyoming, first stopping at the
Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, yet another already-free reciprocal garden with our Tyler Arboretum membership.
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Cheyenne Botanic Gardens (est 1977, landscape
architect Herbert R Schaal, building 2017,
by Randy Biers Design Studio) |
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Inside the Grand Greenhouse Conservatory
with a koi pond |
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| Costus barbatus/Spiral Ginger (KSS) |
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| Willow-branch elephant sculpture (KSS) |
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| The Green Wall |
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| Outside to a Rock Garden by the entrance |
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View from the Herb Garden to the Rose
garden (nothing in bloom) |
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| Bridge over the "Lily Pond" |
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| We missed the peak of the spring bulb plants |
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| Malus sp/Crabapple blossoms |
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| View toward Sloan Lake |
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| Kent is in the Labyrinth |
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| Discovery Pond |
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| Kent at the Rotary Century Plaza Gateway |
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1900s Plaza: 1929 McCormick-Deering Farmall
"Regular Series" Tractor could perform multiple
tasks for the farmer (KSS) |
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| 1890 Union Pacific Steam Engine #1242 |
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1800s Plaza: Next Winter's Bread
(by David Alan Clark) |
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| Horseshoe Arch (by Fredrick Upham) |
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| The arch really is made with horseshoes (KSS) |
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| Tamiko & Kent at the Horseshoe Arch |
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One of the Cheyenne Big Boots Project,
Journey of the Soul (2019,
by Vicki McSchooler) (KSS) |
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| Paul Smith Children's Village (2009, by Herbert R Schaal) |
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| Seeing Eye Dog in Children's Village (KSS) |
At the Wyoming State Capitol, we searched the entire grounds looking for statues of Chief Washakie and Esther Hobart Morris (the nation's first woman justice of the peace), wondering why their memorials would have been removed. Turns out they were brought inside the Capitol building in 2018 to preserve them from weather and vandals.
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Across the street from the Capitol is a
statue (2010, by Jerry Palen) of
Elling William "Bill" Gollings,
a cowboy and an artist |
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Wyoming State Capitol (1886-1890, by
David W Gibbs and William DuBois in
Renaissance Revival style) (KSS) |
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| The State Seal of Wyoming (KSS) |
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They call it a Buffalo, but we know it is
a Bison (1990, by Dan Ostermiller) |
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| Rear of the Wyoming State Capitol |
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| Spirit of Wyoming (1986, by Ed Fraughton) |
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Calf statue (2005, by Jerry Palen) honors
Clifford P Hansen who "exemplifies the many
contributions of the cattle industry" to Wyoming(KSS) |
Next: Wyoming Metal Art Roadside Attraction.
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