 It was originally painted as a decoration for the Martin Hotel dining room in Sioux City.The mural was papered over in the early 1950s and forgotten until it was rediscovered in 1979 by Leah Hartman, an interviewer for the Siouxland Oral History Program.Her interview with Carl Eybers, Wood's assistant in painting the Martin Hotel mural, led to its being removed from the Hotel and conserved by the Sioux City Art Center.