"Lone Survivor" by Jack Murray
Work of art -- Painting
Identifier:
2002.5.3Description
Another title to the piece: Alonzo Harman First Sees PackerTwo men stand on frozen creek. One's holding firewood and wearing a cowboy hat. The other looks like a traveler. A small cabin in the background sits among the trees.
Description from exhibit panel: "On April 16, 1874, Alonzo Hartman, a cow camp employee at the Los Pinos Indian Agency noticed a ragged stranger approaching. The man was Alferd Packer, the lone survivor of his ill-fated prospecting party. Agency officials, suspicious of Packer's story, quickly arrested him for the murders of his companions."