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Morrilton post office mural

Morrilton, Conway County

Photograph of Morrilton post office mural
Image: Richard Sargent, public domain (Treasury Section of Fine Arts), via Wikimedia Commons Source

Richard Sargent's 1939 mural "Men at Rest" shows three hay workers stopping to take turns drinking water in front of a loaded wagon, with an Ozark mountain behind them. He meant it to show the tiredness that comes after a day's work in the sun. It now hangs in the Conway County Courthouse.

Kind of place
Art and murals
Built by
Treasury Section of Fine Arts
When
About 1939
Where
Morrilton, Conway County
Still there?
Not confirmed lately

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Sources

Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.