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Date added: May 18, 2022
Located at the southeast corner of Fourteenth Street and Magnolia Avenue in Riverside, California is the Juan Bautista De Anza statue, created by Sherry Peticolas with WPA support. The Riverside Art Association, which sponsored the project, donated $5,000 and the… read more
Date added: April 8, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built a school house at Wawona in 1937. The enrollee work teams came from the nearby Wawona CCC Camp YNP #7. The building is a shingled, rustic wood structure set on a stone foundation, with… read more
Date added: April 7, 2022
The New Deal made possible the construction of a ranger station in the Wawona area, which was added to Yosemite National Park in 1932. The present complex includes a ranger station and an interpretation office, as well as two ranger residences,… read more
Date added: February 21, 2022
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp SP-24 was established at Capitola, just east of Santa Cruz, for the purpose of working on nearby California beach state parks at New Brighton and Sea Cliff. The California state parks system had only been… read more
Date added: February 21, 2022
A Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp was established at Capitola, just east of Santa Cruz, for the purpose of working on nearby California beach state parks, such as New Brighton, Capitola, and Sea Cliff. The California state parks system had… read more
Date added: February 20, 2022
A comfort station at the end of Evergreen Road above O’Shaughnessy Dam and Hetch Hetchy reservoir was almost surely built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s, judging by the construction. The building is done in classic National… read more
Date added: February 20, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed the Tuolumne Meadows campground in 1933-34. It is the largest campground in Yosemite National Park. The CCC enrollees also built three comfort stations for the campground, done in classic National Park rustic style of… read more
Date added: February 11, 2022
In the late 1930s, the Public Works Administration (PWA) funded a new sewage collection and treatment system for Tuolumne Meadows. It replaced the original septic tanks for the campground comfort stations and was extended to take in a broader area… read more
Date added: February 11, 2022
The Group Utility Building (original name) in Yosemite Valley opened 1935. It was funded by the Public Works Administration (PWA). The utility building consolidated a hodgepodge of old shops, forges, storage and maintenance into one facility. It also provided three bays… read more
Date added: February 11, 2022
New Deal agencies played a major role in the transformation of the narrow and dangerous Wawona wagon trail into a safe and comfortable route into Yosemite Valley. The route from the South Entrance to the Valley floor is 27 miles…. read more
Date added: February 11, 2022
In 1934, the Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the creation of the South Gate Entrance Station to Yosemite National Park. This followed enlargement of the park by the addition of the area from Wawona south and was done as part… read more
Date added: February 11, 2022
New Deal agencies played a major role in the transformation of the narrow and dangerous Wawona wagon trail into a safe and comfortable route from the South Entrance of Yosemite National Park to Yosemite Valley. As part of this project,… read more
Date added: February 10, 2022
The present Big Oak Flat Road was constructed by the Bureau of Public Roads (BPR), with Public Works Administration (PWA) funding, between 1935 and 1940. It is one of three main roads into Yosemite Valley, along with El Portal road… read more
Date added: February 8, 2022
New Deal agencies realigned and reconstructed the Old Tioga road from 1933 to 1943, from Crane Flat to Tuolumne Meadows. An important element of the road project was the bridge over the Tuolumne River, just east of the Tuolumne Meadows… read more
Date added: February 6, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) completely reconstructed the public campgrounds at the head of Yosemite Valley, which are today known as the North, Upper and Lower Pines campgrounds. There had long been camping all over Yosemite Valley, but it had… read more