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Pine Bluffs, Wyoming: Our Lady of Peace Shrine, & Into Nebraska
The small town of Pine Bluffs breaks up the monotony of Interstate 80. Aside from the grain elevators, the town has one feature that stands out, as you speed by on the freeway: The 30-foot-tall Our Lady of Peace is quite an unexpected sight. The statue of Mary is the largest sculpture in Wyoming, and one of the largest concrete statues in the U.S. The Our Lady of Peace Shrine exists today, thanks to the inspiration Ted and Marjorie Trefren of Cheyenne received, during a trip to several European shrines in 1991. In the years that followed, they secured five […]
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