Mural at the Library

The other day at woodcarving we were the first ones there so I had a chance to photograph the mural on the wall.   My cell phone takes pretty good photos.

It is bits and pieces of town...or what used to be in town.

The Water Tower is no longer there and Far Guy says they really didn't portray it correctly.  The bridge that is red is still in the park but it doesn't span the water anymore just the grass.  I have no idea where those flower gardens were.   The bell is from the Main Street Fire Department from about 1890...it sits outside the Fire Department.

 The Headwaters of the Mississippi are not in town but about 25 miles North of town. 
A long time ago there used to be the same log with the words on Main Street outside of an eating establishment on the first block of main...not sure when it disappeared.

  It used to say;

“HERE 1475 FT ABOVE THE OCEAN THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI BEGINS TO FLOW ON ITS WINDING WAY 2552 MILES TO THE GULF OF MEXICO”

I do not recall a fountain in the river either but there could have been one a summer or two a long time ago.

So that is a tour of the mural in the library meeting room. 

Far Side