Charles Stewart Stobie was born 1845 in Baltimore, Maryland and he died 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. He studied art at Saint Andrews, Scotland. Stobie, one of the earliest Denver painters, was also an Indian scout and buffalo hunter. Among his friends were William Cody, Wild Bill Hickock, and Frederick Remington. Stobie lived with Utes in Colorado and contributed a painting, Crossing the Planes to Colorado in 1865.