Tom Beard BiographyTom Beard BiographyTom Beard, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, painted the two panoramas on these interpretive signs at Byram’s Ford. Tom is a well-known local artist. His best-known works are “The Pioneers” bronze sculpture located in Pioneer Park at 4059 Broadway in Kansas City, Missouri, and the “Jim Bridger” bronze sculpture located at the National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W. Pacific Ave, Independence, Missouri.
"Contested Crossing," a scene from October 22, 1864, at Byram's Ford on the Big Blue River in Kansas City, Missouri, by Tom Beard
"Storm of Lead," a scene from October 23, 1864, at Byram's Ford on the Big Blue River in Kansas City, Missouri, by Tom Beard
"The Pioneers" bronze sculture in Pioneer Park, Kansas City, Missouri
(sculpture by Tom Beard, photo by theCivilWarMuse)
"Jim Bridger" bronze sculpture at Frontier National Trails Museum in Independence, Missouri
(sculpture by Tom Beard, photo by theCivilWarMuse)
