The "Buffalo Bill Bronze" project took six years from its conception as a sketch on a napkin in a restaurant in Garden City in 1998 to its dedication at its present site in Oakley in May of 2004.  The sculpture is owned by the Wild West Historical Foundation, Inc.  It was voted as one of Kansas' top 8 Wonders of Art.

Sculptor Charlie Norton and artist wife Pat, Leoti, worked on the monumental bronze for almost three years.  It was cast in hundreds of pieces that were welded together.