LocationThe Concourse Benton Blvd, Kansas City, MO |
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Artist/Designer: John Ferguson
Dates: June 8, 1974
Description:
Granite slab with bronze plaque with bas relief of the profile of William Reid Royster. Statue is on concrete base in front of large pool with fountains.
Inscription:
William Reid Royster, Comm. U.S. Navy Retired, City Councilman, Missouri State Legislator 1914-1972. In remembrance of his dedicated service to his country, to his native State of Missouri and to his beloved Northeast. “Home is the sailor, home from the sea, and the hunter home from the hill.”
Nearly 200 hundred years after the area’s first fur trading post was settled on the bluffs of the Missouri River, Kansas City is preparing to honor the French pioneer Francois Chouteau who established it, and the Native Americans with whom he traded. Francois Chouteau...
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