Here's a good pic for those who haven't seen the Scout http://www.kchistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/Montgomery&CISOPTR=2751&CISOBOX=1&REC=14 ----- Original Message ----- From: <VanetteHobbs@aol.com> To: <kansascity@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [KANSASCITY] Question - Origin of name of Penn Valley Park? >I had found the Wikipedia article too, John. > > I found a glaring error in it which is obvious from looking at the > picture > if you know the orientation of the statue in relation to downtown. It > does > NOT point toward the east, but toward the northwest looking out over the > valley > of Turkey Creek, which is pretty much invisible except when it floods > Southwest Boulevard. I don't recall whether the Scout has his right arm > pointing > eastward (which would look really awkward, because he's not looking that > direction) and you can't tell from the picture in Wikipedia, but it does > say "the > two statues point towards each other" which implies that they mean the > horse's nose, not the rider's arm. > > Another urban legend in the making. > > And Wiki says nothing about the name of the park, unfortunately. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KANSASCITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message