Edmond J. Fitzgerald Sites

The post office contains a 1939 Section of Fine Arts mural by Edmond J. Fitzgerald entitled Hudson's Bay - The Pathfinders. "Born in Seattle, Fitzgerald studied at the California School of Fine Arts and with Mark Tobey. According to the National Register Nomination submitted to the National Park Service for the Colville Post Office, the mural "symbolizes the role of Hudson's Bay company trappers and traders in the development of the Pacific Northwest."  Included is a trapper paddling a birch bark canoe, a log fort and three Native American men before a tepee on the near side."

"Trail to Oregon" painted by Edmond J. Fitzgerald in 1938. He also painted murals for the Colville WA and Preston Idaho post offices.

The oil-on-canvas mural "Trail to Oregon" was painted by Edmund J. Fitzgerald in 1938. Fitzgerald also painted murals for the Colville, Washington and Preston, Idaho post offices.

The Post Office in Preston, Idaho, features a New Deal mural painted by Edmond J. Fitzgerald. The oil-on-canvas mural is entitled "The Battle of Bear River". It memorializes a notorious massacre of Shoshone people by a group of "California Volunteers" in Franklin County in 1863. The mural was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and hung in the post office in 1941. Fitzgerald also painted murals for the Ontario Oregon and Colville Washington post offices. The post office has a helpful information sheet on the mural and New Deal work in the town of Preston.