Penn Valley Park is an urban park overlooking the Downtown Kansas City, Missouri .
5-605: The 176-acre (0.71 km) park was developed in 1904 on land through which the Santa Fe Trail had passed. It contains several famous landmarks: The Scout statue and the United States' official National World War I Museum and Memorial with its Liberty Memorial . The grounds also feature such commemorative statues as the Pioneer Mother Memorial and The Hiker . The park has a large lake,
10-693: A fitness trail, tennis courts and ball fields and is a popular spot for concerts and festivals during the summer months. Also features Kansas City's first off-leash dog park and is the host park to both the Penn Valley skatepark located in the southwestern corner of the park and the Just Off Broadway Theatre. The Federal Reserve's new regional headquarters building is located just east of the park. 39°04′37″N 94°35′20″W / 39.077°N 94.589°W / 39.077; -94.589 This Missouri -related article
15-577: A gold medal. On its way back east, the statue was installed on a temporary basis in Penn Valley Park . The statue proved so popular that US$ 15,000 (equivalent to about $ 452,000 in 2023) in nickels and dimes was raised to purchase it through a campaign called "The Kids of Kansas City". The statue was dedicated in 1922 as a permanent memorial to local Indian tribes. It is located east of Southwest Trafficway in Penn Valley Park, which
20-561: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Scout (Kansas City, MO statue) The Scout is a famous statue by Cyrus E. Dallin in Kansas City, Missouri . It is more than 10 feet (3.0 m) tall, and depicts a Sioux Indian on horseback surveying the landscape. The Scout was conceived by Dallin in 1910, and exhibited at the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, where it won
25-648: Is south of downtown Kansas City . Several area features have been named after the iconic statue, such as Kansas City Scout , which is the Kansas City metropolitan area 's electronic traffic alert system. The statue inspired the name of the National Hockey League 's Kansas City Scouts and was featured on the team's logo . A half-size replica was given by Kansas City to its sister-city , Seville, Spain in 1992. 39°04′33″N 94°35′34″W / 39.0757°N 94.5928°W / 39.0757; -94.5928 This Missouri -related article
#161838