Missouri Life June 2023

DISCOVER

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Adonis Foundry visitor Debbie Castello stands with the clay model to provide a sense of scale.

NEW TO THE TRAIL The Trail’s End sculpture installation on the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia features life-size bronze depictions of cowboys, horses, and longhorn cattle. The art memorializes and educates about the grueling cattle drives that put Sedalia on the map in the 1860s. (Discover more about those adventures on page 42 of this issue.) This summer, a new figure—an American Indian scout on horseback—will join the oth ers at the Trail’s End . The piece by artist J. Michael Wilson and the Adonis Foundry of Salt Lake City is set to be unveiled in July, shortly before the Missouri State Fair begins. The clay model, shown here at about 90 percent completion, will be used to form molds for the final bronze casting.

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Summer School Even during a month when school bells are silent, there’s no shortage of learning opportunities here in Missouri. Take a look at the people, places, and programs that put fun on the summertime syllabus.

HISTORY TEACHERS OF THE YEAR Two Missouri history educators are in the running for the prestigious Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award for middle and high school teachers who participate in the National History Day (NHD) program. Winners will be announced at the NHD contest in College Park, Maryland, on June 17. Each state can nominate two educators for the award, and Missouri’s 2023 nominees are Dr. Beth Winton, coordinator of Secondary Gifted Programs for Columbia Public Schools and teacher at John Warner Middle School, and Phillip Reed, an American history teacher at Northwest High School in Cedar Hill. Every nominee from all partici pating states will receive a $500 prize. Two final award win ners will each take home $10,000. There’s no room in this contest for dull lecturers. These nominees must demon strate a commitment to engaging history students through the innovative use of primary sources and implementation of strategies to foster thinking skills that will serve students for a lifetime.

ADONIS FOUNDRY, BETH WINTON, STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI

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