Posted on 05/09/2002 9:04:36 AM PDT by floriduh voter
Kevin Costner foots the buffalo bill in a tribute to Lakota heritage
Focus: Some movie stars indulge in fleets of shiny sports cars. Kevin Costner opted for a herd of gigantic bronze bison. Flush from his Academy Award triumph for 1990's Dances with Wolves, Costner commissioned a massive sculpture, for about $2 million, depicting a Lakota buffalo hunt. He had hoped to display the 17 piece work (including one 17-ft-tall Lakota horseman helping drive a herd of fourteen 9-ft-high bison) on a planned $100 million resort to be built on the actor's 842 acre Deadwood, S. Dakota property. With plans for Dunbar resort (named for his Dances character, Lt. John Dunbar), now delayed, the buffalo have been roaming outside a Lander, Wyoming, foundry for the past few years.
Under contract to the artist, Peggy Detmers, to put the sculpture on public display by 2003, Costner, 47, is now mapping out a multi-million dollar venture on his Deadwood land, which includes an interpretive trail, visitor center and viewing terraces. "It's all Kevin's personal money," says Jim Fisher, the project's manager. "He's very fond of this area."
Just 45 minutes north of Mount Rushmore, the work will "stand as a separate tourist attraction," notes Jim Wilson, a historic-preservation officer for Deadwood, who says the tiny town (pop. 1,380) welcomes Costner's contribution to the area's cultural fabric. "It's not Mount Rushmore, says Detmers, "but it will be very impressive."
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Now I have a Saturday morning treat for you. I did a google search for "cattle herds" and I found out that the cattle ranchers have the KEWLEST web sites with MUSIC. They play The Rocky Theme or Mariah and here's a bull you can buy on kind of an e-bay for bulls; not to be confused with lib sites where their bull is bunk!
THIS BIG HUNK OF BULL IS A RED ZONER!
I recommend a visit to http://www.dieterbros.com/cattlesalepage.com. GOOD MUSIC AND CHECK OUT SOME KEWL LIVESTOCK. It's a great web site!
I sure hope that farm animals have been removed from the voter rolls in S.D. In Florida, poodles in West Palm Beach have FINALLY lost their voting privileges. LOL
Tumbleweeds are KEWL...
I made a Christmas tree out of tumbleweeds one year for my eighth grade home room (I was the Secretary-Treasurer). I stacked 3 tumbleweeds of diminishing sizes on top of each other, sprayed them white, and hung ornaments on them. I thought it was cool. In ninth grade my classmates collected money and told me to go buy a "real" tree. LOL.
I think this one was live when he posed for this picture.
Rapid City South Dakota
Home of the B-1B Lancer Bomber
Thank you all for serving and keeping us FREE this night...
WE Will Not Tire
WE Will Not Falter
AND WE WILL NOT FAIL!
LET'S ROLL!
Keep 'em on if they'll vote for Thune! (Just joking- let's be honest)
We have not tired and we will not tire.
Proud to be an American and Happy Mother's Day to all moms including BARBARA BUSH who raised some fine kids.
Ditto's to your thoughts here FV, Happy Mothers Day, and God Bless America, our President and Miltary this day.
I will for sure FV, only if you stop by the USO Canteen FReeper Style, our Troops and Vets would love to see ya there!
The USO Canteen is a place where Veterans of our Armed Forces and past wars and curent active duty Troops meet. You don't have to have been Military to go there, we have wives of active Servicemen, just anybody who wants to thank the Troops and support them.
We support our Troops to the death there. It is a VERY Patriotic Thread, and yeah, we goof off in there too. I am one of the 2 Bad Boyz of the Canteen, LOL!
The USO Canteen is there to support our Troops, period.Can't wait to see you there!!
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