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Date added: April 21, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was active in Jerome, a copper mining town hit hard by the Great Depression. The WPA hired out-of-work miners for several projects in Jerome and nearby towns, c. 1937-38. One of those projects is “Upper… read more
Date added: April 22, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022
The Public Works Administration (PWA) gave the Arizona State Teachers College a grant of $105,000 and a loan of $313,000 to build housing on the campus – today’s Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. These were North Hall, expansion of Taylor… read more
Date added: April 22, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022
The New Deal provided the funds to build a large group of cottages for student housing – known as “Cottage City” – at what was then Arizona Teachers’ College. The Public Works Administration (PWA) made a grant of $57,900… read more
Date added: April 22, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022
The Public Works Administration (PWA) gave the Arizona State Teachers College a grant of $105,000 and a loan of $313,000 to build housing on the campus – today’s Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff. These were North Hall, expansion of… read more
Date added: April 22, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022
The Public Works Administration (PWA) gave the Arizona State Teachers College a grant of $105,000 and a loan of $313,000 to build housing on the campus – today’s Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. These were North Hall, expansion of Taylor… read more
Date added: April 24, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022
The New Deal helped construct the 9-mile road from Fort Valley Road (Highway 180) to the Arizona Snow Bowl ski area on Mt. Agassiz in the San Francisco Peaks, northwest of Flagstaff AZ. In the winter of 1938, the 20-30… read more
Date added: April 24, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022
In 1934, Coconino county used federal funds to help widen, surface and oil three miles of dirt road from the north end of Beaver Street in Flagstaff to the city’s reservoirs. This was the first county road to be paved. It fostered… read more
Date added: April 24, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022
In 1935, the New Deal helped to extend North Beaver street two blocks to connect with the entrance of the new Flagstaff Hospital in the northern part of the city, which opened in January 1936. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)… read more
Date added: April 23, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp NP-12 was established at the base of Mt Elden, near Flagstaff AZ, in 1935. The camp continued through 1942. Company 3345 was billeted there (and possibly others, but we have no evidence of that, as… read more
Date added: April 28, 2022; Modified: May 10, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) conducted extensive development work at Grand Canyon Village, including construction of a stone culvert at Village Loop Drive just west of its intersection with Center Road, and north of parking Lot C. CCC Walking Tour:… read more
Date added: April 26, 2022; Modified: May 10, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps constructed what had been the Spring Valley Ranger Station during the Great Depression. The structure is currently available for rent as the Spring Valley Cabin Bunkhouse. “Crews from the Williams area CCC also joined with other… read more
Date added: September 7, 2019; Modified: May 9, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) conducted extensive development work in Grand Canyon National Park from 1933 to 1942. Among its trail development work, according to the National Park Service (NPS), the CCC “improved the main trails into the canyon, Bright… read more
Date added: April 29, 2022; Modified: May 9, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) conducted extensive development work in Grand Canyon National Park from 1933 to 1942. Among its trail development work, the CCC constructed the Ribbon Falls Trail. The National Park Service’s CCC Walking Tour says: “More challenging… read more
Date added: April 28, 2022; Modified: May 9, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) conducted extensive development work at Grand Canyon Village, 1933 to 1937, including resurfacing the Rim Trail from roughly Hermit Road to Yavapai Point. The resurfacing extended far beyond the part of the trail in front… read more
Date added: April 28, 2022; Modified: May 9, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) conducted extensive development work at Grand Canyon Village. At the same time, the lesser-known and short-lived Civil Works Administration (CWA) of winter 1933-34 developed a path at the village in early 1934. A period photograph… read more