In 1985, the small town of Felicity, CA was designated as the “Center of the World”.
We spent a couple of hours at the Granite Museum ($5), which is about 30 minutes from Yuma in the town of Felicity. This town has 7 residents and 1 is the mayor.
The mayor lives in the big house and the smaller house has 6 apartment-type units to rent. 5 are occupied and 1 is currently for rent.
A children’s book called “Coe the Good Dragon and the Center of the World”, written by JAI (Jacques-Andre Istel), who happens to be the mayor of Felicity and was the originator of this museum.
In this book Coe sets out to find the center of the world and he finds it in Felicity, CA. In 1985, a location in Felicity was named the Official Center of the World by California Law. Visitors can pay $3 (which is a donation for the museum upkeep) and get a certificate stating you visited the Pyramid and stood at the Official Center of the World.
Mark was the 91,717th person to stand on the spot and Laureen was the 91,718th person.
The museum consists of granite walls where the history of civilizations and the world have been etched into them. It reminds me of an encyclopedia. Each wall is dedicated to certain topics. Arts, religion, Arizona/California history, world history, animals, science, etc. There is plenty of room to add more writings.
We were able to see how it’s done.
A neat experience and I would recommend a visit.
Looks cool ????
It was neat.