It is easy to see why locals call this mural “Alaska’s Mount Rushmore.” What is not easy to fully appreciate are the 49 historic people, 73 communities and abundant wildlife that were carefully painted from old photographs into 512 small cells by Daniel DeRoux. The four main portraits are of the state’s first governor, the first two U.S. senators and Robert Atwood who chaired the committee to make Alaska the 49th state. The 40 by 20 foot “Putting Them All Together” mural is on the side of a parking garage on 7th Avenue.
