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Shawnee, Kansas: Bronze Pioneer Mom and Baby

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Address:
Shawnee Mission Pkwy, Shawnee, KS
Directions:
Pioneer Crossing Park. On the south side of Shawnee Mission Pkwy/W. 63rd St., east of Nieman Rd and west of I-35. The park entrance is just after the frontage road merges, so pay close attention or you'll miss it.
Admission:
Free
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Bronze Pioneer Mom and Baby

Pioneer Crossing is a full-size relief sculpture of a wagon train with a 3-D bronze mom and baby as its aw-shucks focal point.

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Rock and bronze.

Pioneer Crossing

The formal name of the place with the mom and baby is Pioneer Crossing. They've also added two new bronze oxen and a bronze and rock-carved cowboy. Very see-able from the road.

[Ben Perdue, 01/12/2016]

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