MONUMENTAL MURAL: Buck Winn's 'The History of the Southwest' displayed at Texas State

James Buchanan (Buck) Winn has left an indelible mark on Central Texas, especially Wimberley with his ranch off of Ranch Road 12 on the National Register of Historic Places.  Not a cowboy or politician, Buck was an artist in every sense of the word.

He was also a sculptor, inventor, architect, professor at the University of Texas and a pilot with his own landing pasture.

His most noted work is a 280-foot long, 2,000-square foot, and 360-degree mural called “The History of the Southwest.” The Pearl Brewery, for display in their hospitality room called the Corral, commissioned the mural in the 1950s.