Its sister plane, Oklahoma, also sponsored by Phillips, aborted the race at San Francisco because of mechanical problems.

The galleries feature some of the premier Indian and Western artists in America's history: Remington, Russell, Leigh, Moran, Couse, Johnson, Sharp, Balink, Hennings, Ufer, Berninghaus, Bierstadt, and others.

The second "WOOLAROC" plane was a B-17 "Flying Fortress", piloted by Ellison Miles, who later became an oil tycoon, but kept in touch with Frank Phillips during the war, writing back and forth.

[6] The twelve submissions included Protective by John Gregory; Determined by Maurice Sterne; Challenging by Hermon Atkins MacNeil; Affectionate by James E. Fraser; Self-Reliant by Alexander Stirling Calder; "Fearless" by Wheeler Williams; "Heroic" by Mario Korbel; Adventurous by F. Lynn Jenkins; Sturdy by Mahonri Young; Faithful by Arthur Lee; Trusting by Jo Davidson; and Confident by Bryant Baker.

[9] The Times Reported that "Baker not only won first honors, but was the last man to enter the contest having no more than a month to prepare his model and obtain a casting.

[10] The New York Times reported on March 27, 1927, that among those who visited the exhibition at the Reinhardt Galleries was 91-year-old Betty Wollman who as a young bride had journeyed from St. Louis to Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1855 and had once entertained Abraham Lincoln as a dinner guest in the Wollman household in Leavenworth long before Lincoln was a candidate for president.

[7] Time magazine ran a story about the competition and compared the competing designs:[6]The pioneer woman selected was not the ugly one executed by Mahonri Young; it was not the demure one executed by Jo Davidson; it was not the brawny one of James Earle Fraser, nor the placid one of Arthur Lee, nor the fragile one of F. Lynn Jenkins.

Nor was it Maurice Sterne's, Hermon A. MacNeil's, Alexander Stirling Calder's, although these artists too were among those who made models for the competition.

It was not John Gregory's sturdy female, snatching a musket from her moribund husband, although this one ran second in the balloting and won first place in three cities.

Instead, it was Bryant Baker's striding figure of a woman whose skirts are blown backward in a prairie breeze, who carries a Bible in one hand, leads her scampish belligerent little boy with the other.

[12] "Not only they bore great burdens of daily toil and the rearing of families, but there were intent that their children should have a chance, that the doors of opportunity," added Hoover.

[13] "My financial condition compells [sic] me to sell objects of art, tapestries, bronzes, rugs, and paintings acquired by me in more prosperous years," wrote Marland.

"[13] Phillips sent art expert Gordon Matzene to inspect the bronzes and began bargaining with Marland for their purchase.

[13] Matzene declared that the purchase was a wonderful bargain and the miniatures were removed from Ponca City along with other statues and artwork to become part of Phillips' collection at Woolaroc where they are on display.