Post Office Mural - Riverton WY The historic Riverton post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: the mural "Farm Scene," painted by George Vander Sluis, completed in 1942.
Annals of Wyoming:
On February 10, 1942, the Treasury Section invited George Vander Sluis of Colorado Springs to submit designs for a mural that would go in the Riverton post office. The 13x6 foot painting, completed some eight months later was the last Treasury Section job done in Wyoming. Vander Sluis was picked for the $850 Riverton assignment on the basis of an entry he had submitted for a Denver mural competition. By this time, the country was...