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The Captain Cooper mural
was commissioned by School Site Council members in 1999, and completed in 2000.
It depicts the Big Sur Coast in the 1820s, when Captain John Baptista Rogers
Cooper brought his schooner, the Rover, to the mouth of the Big Sur River. The
mural encompasses the area from what is now Andrew Molera State Park and El
Sur Ranch, a former Spanish Land Grant, to the volcanic rock that is now the
home of the Point Sur State Historical Monument and Point Sur Lighthouse. Flying
above it is a Coopers' Hawk, our school mascot. Students were able to watch
the progress of the mural from conceptual drawings to grids to the finished
product. The mural is now the backdrop for Captain Cooper assemblies and performances.
Paula Walling
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