Kid Takes it All

By Derek Wernher This sculpture is intended to represent some of the basic heritage of Amarillo. Before the turn of the century, Amarillo was a staging area for cattle being sent by rail to the east. The scene depicted in this sculpture is of a railroader or sodbuster type character playing cards with a cowboy. The interplay of personalities and ethnic structure of the individuals was of great importance to the sculptor and he wanted to portray a beer drinking Scotch-Irishman pitted against a clever, scrawny cowboy.