The story of Alabama’s early development is told through four murals that hang in the Wetumpka High School Library depicting scenes from the state’s settlement. These paintings were commissioned as part of the New Deal Federal Art Projects program in the ’30s and ’40s. Recently, the Dixie Art Colony Foundation confirmed that at least eight DAC artists were involved in this federal mission designed to fund jobless artists and support American art and culture.

The murals that hang in the library measure 328 square feet total and were painted by Harlyn Grout Dickinson Jr., Mario Pagano and Joseph Becker. Completed more than 60 years ago, the murals originally hung in the post library at Maxwell Field until it was demolished in 1961.