MURAL WORK — Artist Kyle Holbrook, left, and Paul Zuros, executive director of Historic Fort Steuben, discuss the Tuskegee Airmen mural Thursday. -- Linda Harris

STEUBENVILLE — If you think about it, Steubenville’s City of Murals project is really little slices of local lore immortalized on the walls of buildings around town, Mayor Jerry Barilla says.

“They tell a story,” said Barilla, who does double-duty as president of Historic Fort Steuben. “It’s our history of Steubenville and they are still a draw — years ago we had buses coming here (to see them), they’re still coming, but mostly we see (visitors) traveling by car. People come in the Visitor Center asking for a brochure all the time.

There are currently 23 murals, with subject matter ranging from the old Reliance Fire House and t

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