The fountain mirrors in its tripartite facade the historical 1915 Livestock Exchange Building formerly located in the Sioux City Stockyards. The fountain’s four over-flow basins and the hexagon shape of the outer pool are taken from elements found in the Woodbury County Courthouse.
Commemorating the heroic rescue efforts by the Sioux City community after the crash of United Flight 232 in 1989, the statue depicts Air National Guard