City of Hutchinson
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Construction on the North Plum Trailhead along the Bad Bobby Trail is scheduled to begin early this week. The trailhead will be temporarily closed during this period including the parking lot. However, the trail itself will remain open for use.
According to the trail updates page on Facebook, with input from the family, sculptor Amos Robinson is creating a kinetic sculpture of Bad Bobby Helfrich doing what he loved the most. It will be mounted on a tall pole at the 39th and Plum trailhead. The wheels will spin with the wind.
Very generous private donors got the ball rolling on the project.
Donations will help complete the sculpture, along with many other amenities at the trailhead and along the trail. All donors will have their name on a "Friends of Bad Bobby" plaque, located at the trailhead.