In 1984, Marysville attorney Bob Galloway, commissioned Richard Berger, a Salina, Kansas artist, to design this sculpture for the City of Marysville. The sculpture, more than ten feet tall, fifteen feet long, and weighing over 3600 pounds, took thirteen months to complete. It was made to the likeness of Jack Keetley, a local rider in 1860-1861, and his mount. It was constructed by Bergen, and the $70,000 cost was paid with funds from the R.L. and Elsa Helvering Trust, of which Mrs. Galloway was trustee. Landscaping fees of $60,000 were also paid for with Helvering Trust funds.
Dedication was held on July 4, 1985, on the 125th Anniversary of the Pony Express. Dignitaries present were Bill Arant, National President of the National Pony Express Association, Kansas Governor John Carlin, State Attorney General Bob Stephan, Secretary of State Jack Brier, two great- grand daughters of Alexander Majors, and four other distant descendants of Mr. Majors.
Bob Galloway was made an Honorary Member of the NPEA at Sandy, Utah in 1986. A certificate was presented to his wife. Mr. Galloway had passed away earlier in the year.
(Contributed by Ken Martin, Colorado Division, NPEA)
The statue in Marysville, Kansas, is located on the west end of town on Highway 36. Installed in an attractive turnout of the highway, the statue, a rider scurrying to keep his delivery deadline, is mounted within a raised circle about 30 feet in diameter. 
Letters of congratu1ations were received from President and Mrs. Reagan, Senators Bob Dole and Nancy Kassabaum of Kansas, and Paul Laxalt of Nevada. After the dedicaton there was an all horse-drawn parade, led by NPEA members, and watched by over 10,000 people.