this floor has the most famous mural on it in our capital, the tragic related painted by john stewart curry and the late 1930's. when he was painting, he was commissioned to paint the story of kansas. coronado was in that painting showing the early days and the first person who described the area. the buffalo hunters who were clearing the way for the railroads. he included some covered wagons. the covered wagons are painted heading west, representing the westward expansion. at one time, kansas was the frontier. we worth the last civilization before people headed to california. the main figure is john brown 12 feet tall in the painting. he is surrounded by the two sides of the civil war, the north end south. -- and south. there are two dead soldiers that rest at his feet and they represent everyone who died during the civil war. there is a gentleman hidden in the background with a top hat and there's some discussion that might have been abraham lincoln. he wouldn't have been president at that time since this was all prior to the civil war. it is maybe some foreshadowing. he included a tornad