wilbur chapman monument

What you are looking for is a statue in front of a building. Very easy to drive by, we did a couple of times before we actually saw it. The family was doing a weird and wonderful Kansas tour and this one fit the bill. The history behind it made it interesting and worth the trip through White Cloud. It will only take you about 5 minutes to see it and take a picture.History:"This is known officially as the Wilbur Chapman monument. Wilbur, a local ten-year-old, owned Pete, a prized pig. He sold Pete in 1910 to raise money for a leper colony. The story caught the attention of the press and then the people, so much so that "piggy banks" were invented as a generic way to save money.E.B. White named the pig in Charlotte's Web "Wilbur" in honor of Wilbur, while all poor Pete got was a monument that isn't even named after him."