THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STATUE I HAVE EVER SEEN, WHAT A SHAME THAT THEY PLAN TO MOVE IT,,, CHIEF TOUCH THE CLOUDS STATUE,,, Unless you spend an inordinate amount of time at the Reliant complex, you probably have not given Chief Touch the Clouds much consideration. Hes the Minneconjou Teton Lakota chief immortalized with a towering bronze statue atop a granite pedestal on the southeast side of Reliant Arena. And he might be leaving Houston. Residents of Edmond, Okla., would like to put the statue in a city park there and have approved the funds to do just that. According to Mayor Charles Lamb, Edmond city council approved spending up to $90,000 to remove Chief Touch the Clouds from the Reliant complex and transport him to Edmond. The statue, sculpted in 1995, was a gift to RodeoHouston from renowned sculptor Dave McGary in 1998. McGary died of kidney cancer in October at the age of 55. The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has been open to selling the statue, but has not disclosed its asking price.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 17:44:41 +0000