In the winter of 1979, Joyce O'Bill would undergo emergency surgery. Her husband, Bob, would make a promise. If Joyce recovered, he would build a statue. Six years later that promise became a ninety foot tall statue on top of the Continental Divide. This is the story of that promise made reality. A story of a statue, built with donated equipment, volunteer labor and enduring commitment from the people and the community of Butte. The people, that turned a husband's promise into an enduring tribute, tell their story, decades later, of how the Lady of the Rockies came to stand... On the Mountain.
—Shawn Newton