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Hide Search OptionsDate added: May 31, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
“The Division of Grazing (Grazing Service as of 1939) operated the greatest number of CCC programs in the state. There were several reasons for this. First of all, Nevada has the largest public domain (nonallocated federal acreage) of any of… read more
Date added: May 31, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
“The Division of Grazing (Grazing Service as of 1939) operated the greatest number of CCC programs in the state. There were several reasons for this. First of all, Nevada has the largest public domain (nonallocated federal acreage) of any of… read more
Date added: June 19, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
“As the demise of the CCC program neared, the Forest Service escalated CCC work along the eastern Sierra Nevada, in western Nevada. Still, the program at Camp Galena was modest in comparison to the large programs at Camps Paradise, Lamoille,… read more
Date added: May 31, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
“The Division of Grazing (Grazing Service as of 1939) operated the greatest number of CCC programs in the state. There were several reasons for this. First of all, Nevada has the largest public domain (nonallocated federal acreage) of any of… read more
Date added: June 9, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
The CCC established Camp Hawthorne (DG/G-119) in Nevada as a part of the Grazing Service’s effort to restore the public domain. Vernard “Bud” Wilbur, a recruit stationed at the camp, described the work performed by the CCC in an oral… read more
Date added: January 14, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) conducted afforestation and reforestation efforts in what were then known as “North Cat, Middle Cat, and South Cat” canyons, believed to be located on what is now restricted property in southern Nevada. The efforts were… read more
Date added: June 16, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
“The Boulder City and Overton Camps are probably best known for their involvement in salvage archaeology, most notably excavations at Lost City in the lower Moapa Valley. The rising Lake Mead threatened a number of important archeological sites along the… read more
Date added: June 10, 2012; Modified: September 23, 2016
“After more than twenty-five years of operation…many of the early water-control and -conveyance structures had fallen into a state of disrepair, and existing storage had proven inadequate. In Lahontan Valley, the CCC built or completed new water conservation projects including… read more
Date added: April 13, 2013; Modified: August 31, 2016
Virginia Lake Park south of Reno was constructed by the WPA in 1936-1938. The park is both a recreational site and serves as a detention reservoir for flood control and irrigation. “Thanks in part to night work crews, the WPA… read more
Date added: June 10, 2012; Modified: August 28, 2016
“The Newlands Project (originally the Carson Truckee Project) is considered Nevada’s greatest reclamation project. The Truckee-Carson Irrigation District has operated the irrigation system since 1926. By the 1930s, the Newlands Project needed to be enlarged and overhauled if Fallon Farmers… read more
Date added: March 19, 2014; Modified: August 27, 2016
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Deer Park Pool in Sparks, Nevada. Construction began in 1941 and the pool opened in 1942. The pool was entirely renovated in 2007, including rebuilding the pool structure itself. Stonework around the pool is… read more
Date added: March 7, 2015; Modified: July 28, 2016
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) each worked to develop the Washoe Country Club in Reno, Nevada. The historic golf course is still in use today. Work began in May 1935 (by the FERA)… read more
Date added: April 18, 2016
Sitting one mile west of the city limit on the Reno Truckee highway (today West 4th Street). Most of the sand and gravel used in New Deal projects in Reno came from here. The CWA and NIRA gave the city… read more
Date added: April 18, 2016
Four blocks west of the University of Nevada, Reno is Whitaker Park, one of the few parks that had work done to it during the New Deal that still has its tennis courts. The New Deal brick restrooms are gone,… read more
Date added: February 28, 2016
Billinghurst Junior High school named after long time Reno superintendent of schools (1908-1935), Benson Dillon Billinghurst had improvements made during the New Deal Era consisting of two new double tennis courts and a rock and cement retaining wall around the… read more