14 Sculptures Of Prehistoric Beasts On Display In Sioux City

Sioux City, Iowa — A group of “Scraposaurs” has been posted outside Sioux City’s Lewis and Clark Center.

Dale Lewis a sculptor who works with scrap metal created the traveling display of 14 prehistoric creatures, including a sculpture that looks like one of the most famous of all dinosaurs.

Lewis finds the raw materials for his sculptures from a variety of sources and most of the beasts he built for the outdoor exhibit in Sioux City came together in two to three months.

The 14 sculptures Lewis created will be on display at the center in Sioux City, near the Missouri River, until April of next year. One of his sculptures has been on display for several years at the Lewis and Clark Center. It’s a pelican and it is the mascot for the center’s kids’ club.

The sculpture was inspired by something Captain Clark wrote in 1804 about a huge flock of pelicans in an area that is present day Sioux City. All of Lewis’ sculptures in Sioux City are named, including one called Stanley to Stegasaurus and another called Thing. Lewis has been making sculptures with salvaged materials since 2010.

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