Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
The painted mural inside the New Rockford Post Office was initially envisioned very differently than what graces the wall today. Each artist was required to visit the locality for whose post office mural he was competing, and to discuss possible subjects for mural treatment with local townspeople.
The United States Postal Service recently released a set of stamps celebrating the New Deal era post office murals that were federally commissioned during the Roosevelt Administration. Though the mural that graces the walls of the New Rockford Post Office titled "Advance Guard of the West" wasn't featured on any of the stamps, it provides a shining example of the Roosevelt Administration's depress...
