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The Cattleman Who Paid $10,000 to Prove He'd Be Forgotten: Shanghai Pierce

In 1891, Abel Head "Shanghai" Pierce commissioned a 40-foot marble statue of himself and installed it in a Texas cemetery - nine years before his death. He could visit it. Walk around it. Judge whether the sculptor got his profile right. Shanghai arrived in Texas in 1854 with 75 cents. Over four decades, he built a cattle empire spanning 250,000 acres. His voice could be heard half a mile away. His name was known in every stockyard from Kansas City to New Orleans. Then, in 1900, he lost $1.25 million in a single year. His hotel failed. His town failed. He died on December 26th, surrounded by family, leaving behind a statue and an unfinished vision. Six years after his death, his nephew imported 51 Brahman cattle from India - completing Shanghai's greatest idea. Today, millions of cattle in the southern United States carry those genetics. The statue still stands in Hawley Cemetery. This is the story of a man who understood something about memory: being remarkable isn't enough. You have to make sure people remember it. Copyright & Fair Use Notice This video is a non-commercial, educational history documentary produced for research and for purposes of commentary, critique, and analysis. Certain archival photographs and video clips appear here under the Fair Use doctrine (Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act), including use for commentary and criticism, news reporting, instruction, scholarship, and research.