Preston Powers, one-time dean of the Art Department at the University of Denver, and son of sculptor Hiram Powers, made this statue of bronze ca. 1892. It was commissioned by a group called the "Fortnightly Club" for the 1893 World's Fair Exposition in Chicago. After the Exposition it was placed for permanent display on the Capitol's East Lawn. Powers was a close friend of poet John Greenleaf Whittier, and named the statue "Close of an Era." I still think "Buffalo Burgers Tonight!" would be more appropriate.
For a link to the statue's history: http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/cap/close.htm
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