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    Lamar, Colorado post office

    Post Office – Lamar CO

    Date added: July 14, 2023

    The historic and distinctive post office in Lamar, Colorado was constructed as a New Deal project, with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. HistoryColorado.org: “Built in 1936, it is the only remaining post office of its type in Colorado. The… read more

    Green Mountain Dam - Grand Lake CO

    Colorado-Big Thompson Water Project – Grand Lake CO

    Date added: September 4, 2022

    The Colorado-Big Thompson Project (C-BTP) is a massive water storage and transfer project for agriculture, cities and power generation. It involves dams and reservoirs on the west side of the Rocky Mountains’ Front Range to collect water from the upper… read more

    Staff residences near utility area - Rocky Mountain National Park CO

    Staff Residential Area – Rocky Mountain National Park CO

    Date added: August 16, 2022

    The New Deal contributed many residential buildings for park staff at Rocky Mountain National Park, particularly in the large cluster of housing next to the utility area – the main maintenance station for the park which is near the Beaver… read more

    Former Paonia High School (with 1959 addition on the left) - Paonia CO

    Paonia High School (former) – Paonia CO

    Date added: August 16, 2022

    The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a grant that covered about half the cost of building a new high school in Paonia CO in 1938-39.  The school closed when a new high school was constructed in the neighboring town of… read more

    Amphitheater at Aspenglen Campground - Rocky Mountain National Park CO

    Aspenglen Amphitheater – Rocky Mountain National Park CO

    Date added: August 14, 2022

    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was active in Rocky Mountain National Park throughout the New Deal era, 1933-42.  Among the other works undertaken by CCC enrollees was the construction of three amphitheaters, at Aspenglen Campground, Moraine Park Museum and Glacier… read more

    Entrance station at Aspenglen Campground - Rocky Mountain National Park CO

    Campground Improvements – Rocky Mountain National Park CO

    Date added: August 14, 2022

    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) made improvements to three of the existing campgrounds in Rocky Mountain National Park: Endovalley, Aspenglen and Glacier Basin.  These three were the most popular campgrounds at the time and their facilities were antiquated, so CCC… read more

    Sheep Lakes in Horseshoe Park - Rocky Mountain National Park CO

    Fish Ponds – Rocky Mountain National Park CO

    Date added: August 14, 2022

    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was active in Rocky Mountain National Park during the whole of the program’s lifetime, 1933 to 1942.  There were four main camps in the park. The CCC participated in a fish-restocking program, which the National… read more

    Trail Ridge Store and Cafe - Rocky Mountain National Park CO

    Trail Ridge Store – Rocky Mountain National Park CO

    Date added: August 13, 2022

    In 1935, enrollees in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed a “museum, curios shop and coffee house” at Fall River Pass. Other CCC ‘boys’ came back in 1939 and added an extension to the building for toilets and a water… read more

    Land's End Observatory - Grand Mesa C

    Land’s End Observatory – Grand Mesa CO

    Date added: August 10, 2022

    In the 1936-37, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) helped the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) build the stone observatory (later visitor’s center) at Land’s End on the western tip of Grand Mesa. It was built in the Rustic Style popular in… read more

    Land's End Road - Grand Mesa CO

    Land’s End Road – Grand Mesa CO

    Date added: August 10, 2022

    The Land’s End road up the western end of Grand Mesa was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1933-34.  The main builders were 200 veterans enrolled in the CCC, who worked out of a CCC seasonal tent camp… read more

    Fruita Middle School - Fruita CO

    Fruita Middle School – Fruita CO

    Date added: August 7, 2022

    The town of Fruita, Colorado received a Public Works Administration (PWA) grant of over $70,000 that covered almost half the cost of a new Fruita High School, begun in 1935 and completed in 1936.  The building is now used as… read more