floor has the most famous mural on it, in our capital, the tragic prelude, that was painted by jon stewart curryin the late 1930s, when jon stewart curry was painting the tragic prelude, he was commissioned to paint the story of kansas. he started off. coronado was in that painting showing the early days and the first person who described the area now known as kansas. the buffalo hunters who were clearing the way for the railroads, there is progress, he included some covered wagons that are painted heading west, the tragic prelude is in the east wing of the building, and then the covered wagons are painted heading west. representing that westward expansion movement. at one time kansas was the frontier, we were the last civilization before people headed out to california, but again, the main figure is john brown, he towers about 12 feet tall in the painting, and he is surrounded by the two sides of the civil war. there are the north and the south and confederate flag and the united states flag. and then there are two dead soldiers that rest at his feet, and they represent everyone who died during