Anthony's Steakhouse T-Bone bull (relocated)

Columbus, Nebraska, United States

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A fiberglass black Angus steer, about 14 feet long, sat atop Anthony's Steakhouse in Omaha for decades. Sold at auction for $45,000 in June 2022, it was moved 88 miles to the T-Bone Truck Stop in Columbus, Nebraska. It was last reported there in 2022.

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Anthony's Steakhouse T-Bone bull (relocated)

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A fiberglass black Angus steer that spent decades on the roof of Anthony's Steakhouse in Omaha was moved in 2022 to ground level at a truck stop in Columbus, Nebraska, where, as reported that summer, visitors could walk up and touch it.

According to the Omaha World-Herald in 2022, the steer reached Omaha in the late 1960s. A man driving it across the country to a buyer learned the sale had fallen through, stopped at the steakhouse and sold it there. Tony Fucinaro Jr. said his father bought it about two years after Anthony's opened and towed it to parades before it went on the building; he told KMTV he thought that was in the early 1970s. Reports give the size as about 14 feet long and 8 feet high, though KMTV later called it 10 by 20 feet.

Anthony's closed in January 2022, and an online auction of more than 1,200 items ended on June 27. Bill Lehr, whose family owns the T-Bone Truck Stop, won the steer with a $45,000 bid; between 30 and 40 bidders took part, and he said he wanted it to stay in Nebraska. Fucinaro donated the proceeds to Scare Away Cancer, a nonprofit his son co-founded. KMTV reported the steer was moved 88 miles to Columbus.

The Sioux City Journal reported that Lehr kept the red-and-white Anthony's blanket on the steer, did not mount it on the roof so people could reach it, and estimated it at about 3,000 pounds. He said he planned to name it, probably Black Thunder. He tied it to the two large cowboy boots at the truck stop entrances and the slogan "Let's Give Cancer The Boot!"

The truck stop stands at the junction of U.S. 30 and U.S. 81 on the south side of Columbus. The steer was last described there in 2022 reports, so call ahead before making a special trip.

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In 2022 reports, the steer stood at ground level at the T-Bone Truck Stop, where visitors touched it and took photos. The truck stop is a working business with a small café, and two large painted cowboy boots mark its entrances.

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Reported in 2022 at the T-Bone Truck Stop, at the corner of U.S. 30 and U.S. 81 on the south side of Columbus. It is on a working business's grounds, so normal truck-stop traffic applies.

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