A mural seen from the intersection of 4th and Commercial streets in Oswego, Kansas. A reproduction of E. Marie Horner's "The Village of White Hair", it was painted by Joan Allen, with Larry Allen and Jerg Frogley. The mural depicts the relationship between John Mathews, a white fur trader and blacksmith who lived on the summit, and the Osage, led by Chief White Hair, who dwelled east of the bluff near Horseshoe Lake, circa 1841. The original painting is exhibited in the Oswego Historical Museum, and the mural was sponsored by the Oswego Historical Society. Photo by Michael Overton (click image for larger version).

Estella Marie Horner was born July 15, 1921 in Sherman, Kansas, the daughter of Vernon and Fern (Sullivan) Robison; she passed away on May 19, 2010, at the Oswego Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was a graduate of Labette County Community High School of Altamont, Kansas in 1939 and received a teaching certificate. Marie taught at the Stice Country School. She married Joe Horner of Junction City, Kan. on July 11, 1942. Marie was a local Oswego artist and taught art classes for Labette Community College. She was very active in the Oswego Historical Society doing genealogy research and writing articles for the newspaper. She painted the original paintings from which the Oswego and Chetopa wall murals were copied. She was a member of the Oswego Arts Club.