In 1995, the Texas Trees Foundation dedicated Pioneer Plaza to the City of Dallas providing a focal point with historical significance for downtown Dallas. The Plaza commemorates Dallas' beginnings by celebrating the trails that brought settlers to Dallas. The site features native plants and trees and a flowing stream in a natural setting and a re-creation of a cattle drive in bronze with longhorn steers being driven by three cowboys on horses. Each piece of bronze art was created by artist Robert Summers of Glen Rose, Texas. It is located adjacent to the Dallas Convention Center at Young and Griffin between the historical Pioneer Cemetery and the Dallas Convention Center. Pioneer Plaza represents the largest public open space in the central business district.
Other features of Pioneer Plaza include a waterfall, man-made cliffs, native plant life and the small historic details on the sculptures.
It’s free and it’s awesome!!! Free 1 hour parking but there’s only like 6-7 spots. I got there at 730am. The detail in the sculptures is amazing! Quite the scene! Ducks are swimming in the pond...
We decided to walk to Pioneer Plaza to see the bronze cattle sculptures. This is an awesome ode to life as a rancher on a cattle drive in the area that is now known as Dallas. It’s hard to imagine...
So many cattle from all over Texas to the Fort Worth stockyards and on a freight train to Chicago to feed the East. Here we see those cattle grazing just like the contented cows of California...
