Robert Mitchell School – Sparks NV
Date added: April 13, 2013
“Robert Mitchell School in Sparks got a new playground with supervised play for children from FERA.”
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“Robert Mitchell School in Sparks got a new playground with supervised play for children from FERA.”
Date added: April 13, 2013
“Nevada is a desert state. This has been the controlling fact of the state’s existence since white men arrived. Many of the New Deal programs tried to stretch the available water. No other field serves better to demonstrate the enduring… read more
Date added: April 13, 2013
“An emergency Works Progress Administration project in Goldfield relieved a severe water crisis by connecting mains to a supply in Rabbit Springs.”
Date added: June 15, 2012; Modified: June 21, 2012
“To accommodate the influx of tourists, new park facilities were in demand. With CCC labor, the NPS developed beaches and outdoor facilities in three different areas of the Boulder Dam Recreational Area (later subsumed by Lake Mead National Recreation Area):… read more
Date added: June 15, 2012; Modified: June 21, 2012
“To accommodate the influx of tourists, new park facilities were in demand. With CCC labor, the NPS developed beaches and outdoor facilities in three different areas of the Boulder Dam Recreational Area (later subsumed by Lake Mead National Recreation Area):… read more
Date added: June 19, 2012; Modified: June 19, 2012
“By the spring of 1936, the CCC continued where they left off in 1934. Crews built a water system for the Kyle Canyon Campground, the Rainbow Canyon summer-home area, the Kyle Canyon Guard Station, and the Air Force Base Rest… read more
Date added: June 19, 2012; Modified: June 19, 2012
“Establishing communications between outlying ranger stations was imperative. Crews built roads and telephone lines between the Paradise Valley Ranger Station and the outlying station at Martin Creek. The men also constructed the administrative buildings at Paradise Ranger Station and the… read more
Date added: June 19, 2012; Modified: June 19, 2012
“With dynamite and heavy equipment, Camp Paradise crews widened and improved several roads, including a thirty-five-mile stretch over the eight thousand-foot Hinkey Summit that connected Paradise Valley with U.S. Route 95. The CCC work was impressive and aesthetically pleasing. For… read more
Date added: June 10, 2012; Modified: June 10, 2012
“Established in 1936, the Desert National Wildlife Range was created to protect the shrinking herds of desert bighorn sheep whose population had dipped to a record low of three hundred by the 1930s. The wildlife range is the largest in… read more