Albert "Bert" DeBrabander worked for 35 years pouring concrete as a basement contractor in the Kansas City area. In retirement, he found himself "needing something to do in the winter time." It most certainly was not sculpting in concrete, so he picked up a welding torch and began looking for interesting pieces of old implement scrap metal. He started planting metal figures and assorted items on his rural acreage near Lenexa. While hunting near Russell, Bert decided to purchase the old Boot Hill Cafe's 15-foot fiberglass cowboy boot and the postrock limestone signage. This boot has become the identifying trademark of this metal cowboy-and-Indian themed environment. One day he put a couple of cowboy boots stuffed with artificial flowers on his property fence line and soon neighbors and people driving by began to leave their boots for his artistic endeavor.