No one driving on Interstate 80 between Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming, can possibly miss the colossal, craggy Abraham Lincoln head towering over traffic at exit 323.

May 19, 2021 · Unlike the Commission, Russin knew exactly what he wanted: a giant Lincoln head at Sherman Summit east of Laramie, the highest point on the old coast-to-coast Lincoln Highway, 8,878 feet above sea level. He said he'd been dreaming about it since 1947. Russin sculpted the head out of 70 tons of clay.

Apr 5, 2021 · So, if you're heading to Laramie, Cheyenne, or other areas in the southern part of Wyoming, plan to check out this strange site of Abraham Lincoln off the side of a major highway. You'll find this unique and fascinating tourist destination off of I …

The Lincoln Monument is a bust of Abraham Lincoln by Robert Russin, 12⁄ feet (3.8 m) high and resting on a 30-foot-tall (9.1 m) granite pedestal, [1] at the Summit Rest Area on Interstate 80 east of Laramie, Wyoming.

Apr 14, 2015 · To mark the highest elevation along the cross-country thoroughfare known as the Lincoln Highway, the Wyoming Parks Commission, well, commissioned the building of a titanic bust of Honest Abe...

May 16, 2021 · Really neat attraction right off the highway! The head of Abe Lincoln, cast in 1959 as a monument along the old Lincoln Highway for his 150th birthday, gazes westward. This …

Mar 7, 2022 · He was Wyoming’s best known sculptor, Robert Russin, who as serendipity would have it, also was a big fan of Lincoln. Russin knew exactly what he wanted – a giant head of Lincoln at Sherman Summit, east of Laramie, the highest point on the Lincoln Highway, 8,878 feet above sea level.

Jan 14, 2017 · The bronze Lincoln head was created to honor the former president’s 150 th birthday in 1959. Because of the temperature swings on the Wyoming plains, its sculpture – Robert Russin, a professor at the nearby University of Wyoming – …

Jun 30, 2013 · Lincoln’s head was built by Wyoming’s Parks Commission to honor Lincoln’s 150th birthday. It was sculpted by Robert Russin, a University of Wyoming art professor and a Lincoln fan (When he died in 2007, his ashes were interred in the hollow monument).

While driving through Wyoming between Cheyenne and Laramie on the Lincoln Highway, drivers can't miss seeing the giant head of President Abraham Lincoln. This remarkable two-ton monument head is sitting on the tiny shoulder of a 30-foot-tall pure granite pedestal.