Bronze Roan Horses and
Elk on Roan Creek North of Grand Junction, CO
The bronze
figures commemorate the wild Roan horses that once ran wild in the Roan Creek
and Kessler Canyon area north of the Book Cliffs and west of
DeBeque Colorado.
This area was one of our popular deer hunting areas in the early 50's
I hunted deer near the Book Cliffs via
DeBeque and Roan creek we also shot deer near DeBeque railraod tunnel on
Colo River.
We got big trophy bucks west of here on Baxter
Pass and Douglas Pass north of Mack.
Seven beautiful handcrafted copper
horse sculptures from Davis Murphy, a copper/bronze sculptor from Tampa, were
commissioned by Kessler specifically for Kessler Canyon. Kessler has commissioned five additional,
15-foot copper horses, which Mr. Murphy will be installing at the ranch in May.
There is also a wide selection of
Western and antique furniture, Indian rugs, Indian and wildlife artwork and
sculptures, including an Indian Crow Shaman bronze monument by Scott
Rogers.
Featured
artists at the Ranch include Herman Adams and Stefano Cecchini; as well as
wildlife sculptors Lorenzo Ghiglieri, Chris Schiller and Gary
Cooley.
