Confederate Company Leaving McKinney - McKinney, TX
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N 33° 11.872 W 096° 36.794
14S E 722488 N 3675761
A three section mural painted by Frank Klepper for the McKinney Post Office in 1934. It is still displayed in the building which is now a museum. The mural is in need of restoration.
Waymark Code: WMXJQ9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2018
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“The triptych mural depicts a scene in 1864 that was witnessed by the artist’s grandmother on the McKinney Courthouse Square – a block from the museum. Klepper painted his grandmother into the foreground of the main panel.
In the mural the mounted men were volunteers for a Confederate spy unit – a group formed by orders from Brigadier General Ben McCulloch. As the men leave – a casket containing the remains of the same General McCulloch is being transported to Austin from Little Rock.
McCulloch had been killed in action at the Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas in 1862 and his remains exhumed and sent to the State Cemetery in Austin.
It is one of the few post office murals based on a particular event.” Information from texasescapes.com
Hours
Monday - Saturday
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sunday
12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
City: McKinney
Location Name: North Texas History Center
Artist: Frank Klepper
Date: 1934
Media: Painted Canvas
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