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The image of Big Tex and the statue's iconic stance is commonly used in regional advertising campaigns. Big Tex's image was featured prominently on a tour promotion poster for the Japanese J-Pop group "Puffy AmiYumi" on their three-city April 2017 USA "Not Lazy Concert Tour" in which the city of Dallas, Texas, was their final stop.
"Big Tex" is a tourist attraction in Conlen. It is a 20-foot-tall statue of a cowboy with bow-legs. The statue dates back to the 1950s when it was the entrance to the Cowboy Cafe, a restaurant with a museum and gift shop located in Dalhart. The current owner of the statue is Elliot Crabtree. His father moved it from Dalhart to Conlen in the ...
Big Tex - 52 feet (16 m) tall temporary statue erected annually for the Texas State Fair. Dallas Zoo's giraffe statue; Statue of Don Juan de Oñate called The Equestrian in El Paso, Texas - At 36 feet (11 m) tall, it is purported by the sculptor to be the largest bronze equestrian statue in the world.
Big Tex, a 55-foot (17 m) tall cowboy statue, has been its symbol since his introduction in 1952. In 1953, Big Tex's jaw was hinged, so that he appears to "speak" the announcements that promote fair events. [23] After a fire on October 19, 2012, destroyed the original Big Tex, he was rebuilt and reintroduced for the 2013 fair.
The State Fair is also home to the Texas Star, the tallest Ferris wheel in the Western Hemisphere, and Big Tex, a 55-foot-tall (17 m) cowboy statue. Other state fairs held in Texas include the North Texas State Fair in Denton , the South Texas State Fair in Beaumont , and the East Texas State Fair in Tyler .
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Statue Height Image Sculptor Completed Location Coordinates Materials Notes m ft The Big Indian (Chief Passamaquoddy) 12.2: 40: Rodman Shutt: 1969: 313 U.S. Route 1, Freeport, Maine: fiberglass: Stands upon a 2.7 m (9 ft) base