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The Granite Creek Mural Project is a professional mural on the retaining wall under Bank of America, next to Granite Creek in downtown Prescott, AZ. The mural is a pictoral history of Prescott, focusing on the natural and cultural history along Granite Creek. The center of the mural is the Yavapai Emergence Story. The time-line moves from the center outwards, like the rings of a tree. Every bit of the mural was researched by Mile High Middle School Students, and every inch, down to the baskets and jewelry on The Yavapai Indians is historically accurate. The mural is approximately 75 feet long, and 11 feet high. The theme of the project is, "Together We Create Community", and the mural is a gift given to the community by the community itself. Project Director, Elizabeth Newman, involved many members of the community so that, literally, hundreds of people can now look at the finished project with pride and say "I helped make that happen!" On this page, you will get an opportunity to meet the students, and see the project unfold week by week. The students began research in the last week of February, 2001. Web entries were made weekly starting March 17.
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