A mural in downtown St Joseph depicting our Civil War heritage is nearing completion at 620 Edmond, even as another downtown mural with a Native American theme (522 Felix) began to take shape Saturday.

That makes five new downtown murals in the blink of an eye.

These two newcomers join a fanciful musical jam session on the wall at 619 Felix Street, a walk in the park along the sidewalk on three streets outside the Joyce Raye Patterson Senior Center at 100 S. 10th Street, and a multi-building panorama depicting America’s westward expansion, visible along the 500 block of Edmond Street.