This mural depicts the gold rush era when Benicia became one of the first four towns in California to incorporate. The actual location of the gold rush era Bella Union is unclear. The scene includes four ladies all being very friendly to the two men at the bar while a bartender looks on. The ladies are voluptuous and highly adorned. They are offering the men drinks and companionship. The men might be 49ers easily separated from their gold. Later, when Benicia was a thriving railroad town with lots of single men, it became a logical location for brothels and bars. This mural offers a view of the underside of Benicia. There was a subterranean saloon beneath this SW corner of First and H Streets during prohibition.