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August 8, 2005 – Doug Scott signs contract with WTAMU. The sculpture  value is
$300,000.00.
September 8, 2005 – Production of the miniatures begins.
October 18, 2005 –
The miniature bronzes of “The Original Texans” are available for purchase.
November 21, 2005 – A
million pound capacity crane was used to load the largest block
of marble ever quarried in New Mexico! This
block weighs 72,000 pounds.
 April 4, 2006 –
The first cut is being made on the monumental marble block, while more bronze
buffalos are being poured.
Notice the red hot crucible.
It is full of molten bronze.
April 5, 2006 – This morning the first block of marble is
removed from the sculpture. This
removed block is a substantial piece of the history of "The Original
Texans" sculpture …
special. Perhaps someone
would value a special sculpture created from this special block of marble.
April 14, 2006 – Starting to see a buffalo.
April 20, 2006 – Doug and his long drill are rolling big doney
boulders off of "Russell".
The name of the sculpture is "The Original Texans".
May
4, 2006 – One horn is carved…
The sledgehammer pounds away 
June 15, 2006 –
The buffalo head is all there,
and the calf is coming out!!
June 26, 2006 – Shaping the hump.
July 19, 2006 –
more cutting….
August 9, 2006 –
He gets a tail!!
September 9, 2006 –
A young pretty girl (carved in
marble) holds her hands up so
as to support my foot while I
grind.
September 12, 2006 – The first cut under the belly.
November 7, 2006 –
Here is the current condition of the "site" I look to install him in the spring.
January 12, 2007 – at 9 feet tall he
looks cozy in 2½ feet of snow.
March 6, 2007 –
The weather is warming, hope to install soon.
April 10, 2007 – Russell is being loaded onto the truck at Doug
Scott Studio.
April 11, 2007 – “The Original Texans”… The largest block of
marble ever sculpted in America… is installed mid-campus at West Texas
A&M University.
 
April 25, 2007 – “The Original Texans” monumental marble sculpture by
Doug Scott is completed…!!!!!
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