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| Ray O. Smith was born on August 11, 1920 in Vine Creek, Kansas. A pioneer buffalo breeder in Kansas having established a herd in 1962. Smith lived near Longford (Ottawa County) where in the mid-1970s he used steel, stone, and concrete to create a 50-ton, 15’ high and 23’ long buffalo called “Concretealo” overlooking his ranch. He also created a concrete map of the United States integrating a rock from each state into the design. He died near Longford, Kansas on December 19, 1999.
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Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)"
Grassroots Art Center; http://detour.webdatabases.net/artist_detail.html?ArtistID=10004&ArtID=10004, accessed May 17, 2009; Topeka Capital-Journal (Dec. 21, 1999). | | This and over 1,750 other biographies can be found in Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945) compiled by Susan V. Craig, Art & Architecture Librarian at University of Kansas. |
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