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Dolan spent 15 months and his own money to create, transport and install the horses as a gift to the people of Montana. When he moved to Montana from California in 1966, he intended to live there permanently and be an asset to the state: "I always knew that someday I’d have a specific project ... I decided [in 2013], on my 64th birthday, this is what I would do". The horse sculptures were installed on Kamp Hill on land owned by Dean Folkvord of Wheat Montana on 160 unfenced acres (65 ha) acre that is not suitable for farming. Folkvord came up with the idea of using Kamp Hill when Dolan stopped into the Wheat Montana Bakery for coffee and expressed frustration to Folkvord about his difficulties finding an appropriate site for installing the horses he was creating. The site is along U.S. 287 just north of mile marker 104. There is a pull-off and a thin trail leading up the hill to the herd.
horse Wheat Montana