Adams County Reads One Book
Leif Enger's Peace Like a River
 

Dragoons, 1905

Dragoons were armed and mounted military units that preceded the cavalry in this country. Their charge was to patrol the territories west of the Mississippi River. Here a Dragoon unit engages in hand to hand combat with a duo of Native American warriors. This was one of Remington's most complex compositions.

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Statue on display in Musselman Library