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Frank McCarthy was fond of several prominent Western subjects, including mountain men in pristine landscapes and Native American warriors riding into battle. One subject that would come up frequently was the raid on the stagecoach, which provided endless opportunities to show the drama and action that came with the wildest parts of the West. In The Art of Frank C. McCarthy, author Elmer Kenton suggests that the artist favored these scenes because stagecoaches represented the West’s last gasp before the arrival of the railroads on gleaming rails laid down under the desert sun. Kenton writes: “The black smoke of the iron horse signaled the closing chapter in that wild and free way of life, and a new era for an expanding nation.”

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