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    Waterworks – Lund NV

    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

    Water Supply – Goldfield NV

    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.”

    Lake Mead National Recreation Area – Overton Beach NV

    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

    Lake Mead National Recreation Area – Hemenway Wash NV

    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

    Toiyabe National Forest Improvements – Mount Charleston NV

    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

    Hinkey Summit Road – Paradise Valley NV

    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

    Desert National Wildlife Refuge – Clark County NV

    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