this war has the most famous mural on it, and that was painted by john stewart curry.aint themissioned to story of kansas. showinged off, it is the area known as kansas and the buffalo hunters who were everywhere. and he painted covered wagons heading west. the tragic prelude is the east wing, and then the covered wagons are painted heading west. at one time, kansas was the frontier, and it was kind of the last civilization before people headed out to california. the main figure is john brown. he towers about 12 feet tall. towering. and then there are two dead soldiers at his feet and they represent everyone who died during the civil war. there's quite a lot of symbolist -- symbolism. there is a gentleman hidden in the background with a top hat, and there is some discussion that that might have been onaham lincoln, and that was the northern side. but he would not have been president at that time since this was all prior to the civil war, but maybe some foreshadowing in their. 80 and aed a turn prairie fire as well. he represented the death and destruction of the coming