We had big plans to take in the sights of Omaha, but Mother Nature had other ideas like buckets of rain, lighting and severe weather threats. We did do an auto tour of some of the city's highlights and took some photos through the heavy rain. Will have to save the up-close and personal for our next visit to this part of the USA.
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The Spirit of Nebraska’s Wilderness and Pioneer Courage Park - consists of more than 120 individual bronze pieces integrated within an urban environment that covers more than six city blocks. Individual sculpture pieces are one-and-a-quarter life-size and range in weight from 400 pounds to 12,000 pounds. In total the project took 400,000 man hours or 182 man years.
Working in conjunction with Spirit of Nebraska’s Wilderness Park, this sculpture begins at 14th and Capitol streets. It is the result of the collaboration of two artists, Blair Buswell and Ed Fraughton. Consisting of several pioneer families, Pioneer Courage brings to life an integral part of America’s history and the part Omaha played in the migration and building of the West.
The individual pieces that will make up the monument are cast predominantly in bronze and are 1.25 times life size.
The landscape consists of 2,500 tons of limestone, or roughly 125 truckloads. It’s primarily Hayton stone quarried near Valders,Wisconsin.
The Spirit of Nebraska's Wilderness and Pioneer Courage Park is located between 1400 Capitol Street and 1600 Dodge Street in downtown Omaha Nebraska.
"Fertile Ground", one of the largest public murals in the USA, can be seen from almost anywhere in the North Downtown Omaha area.
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