Butte, Montana (CNN) She stands with open arms atop a mountain ridge on the continental divide overlooking Butte, Montana. "Our Lady of the Rockies," the fourth tallest statue in the United States, began as one man's desperate prayer. For the love of a motherIn 1979, Bob O'Bill's beloved spouse Joyce was deathly ill. Our Lady of the Rockies was born out of the love Bob O'Bill had for his wife Joyce, and a promise he made in a prayer asking for her recovery. "He at first was going to make a small statue, a five-foot-high statue" Joyce O'Bill told CNN.

Source: CNN May 09, 2021 06:56 UTC