Frank "Pistol Pete" Eaton

Frank "Pistol Pete" Eaton. Bronze, 2024. Frank Boardman Eaton was born in Hartford, Connecticut on October 26, 1860. As a young man, he visited Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma where he earned the title "Pistol Pete" for his marksmanship. He later settled in Perkins, Oklahoma where he served the community as Sheriff and later became a blacksmith. In 1923, students of Oklahoma A and M College (now Oklahoma State University) asked Frank to pose as the school's mascot after they saw him ride in an Armistice Day parade. He died April 8, 1958, at the age of 97 in Perkins, Oklahoma, the same year he was adopted as the official mascot of Oklahoma State University, replacing the earlier "Tigers” mascot., A true symbol of the old west, Frank was known to carry a loaded 45 colt revolver. His custom hat, large moustache and long braids were his trademarks. A representative of the Oklahoma State University Cowboys, Frank Eaton was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum on April 9, 2022., Harold T. Holden - Sculptor , March 28, 1940 - December 6, 2023.