GOTHENBURG, Neb. (AP) – Money is being raised to erect a Pony Express monument in Gothenburg.
The Nebraska division of the National Pony Express Association is leading the project. President Lyle Gronewold says the completed statue will go in Gothenburg’s Ehmen Park, which is home to a preserved Pony Express station.
The life-size statue of a horse and rider will be created by Cambridge artist Gary Ginther.
The cost of the project is expected to be $145,000. About a third of that is needed before Ginther can start work. Gronewold says he expects to raise that much in about six months.