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Reconstructed buildings at the site of Fort Caspar (now a museum) in Casper, Wyoming. Photo taken Oct. 17, 2004, copyright Matthew Trump. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

City of Casper could help pay for new Indian statue at museum

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
Reconstructed buildings at the site of Fort Caspar (now a museum) in Casper, Wyoming. Photo taken Oct. 17, 2004, copyright Matthew Trump. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Reconstructed buildings at the site of Fort Caspar (now a museum) in Casper, Wyoming. Photo taken Oct. 17, 2004, copyright Matthew Trump. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) – Casper leaders are considering supplementing the cost of a new Indian statue at the Fort Caspar Museum.

On Tuesday, city councilors will consider whether to allocate nearly $68,000 of public money to buy the bronze sculpture of an Indian brave on horseback chasing a buffalo.

The Casper Star-Tribune reports that money would be combined with the $117,000 donation the city received last year to pay for public art with an American Indian theme. Casper’s contribution would be paid for with four years of revenue from the optional 1-cent sales tax.

The statue costs $250,000. The chamber of commerce will raise the rest of the money.

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Information from: Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune, http://www.trib.com


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Reconstructed buildings at the site of Fort Caspar (now a museum) in Casper, Wyoming. Photo taken Oct. 17, 2004, copyright Matthew Trump. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Reconstructed buildings at the site of Fort Caspar (now a museum) in Casper, Wyoming. Photo taken Oct. 17, 2004, copyright Matthew Trump. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.