- City:
- Mariposa, CA
- Site Type:
- Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1935
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
An article in the January 3rd, 1935 issue of the Mariposa Gazette mentions road work completed by a local Civilian Conservation Corps company, the Bootjack Camp No. 1925.
“IMPROVING ROAD — Under Richard Browne, camp foreman at Camp Bootjack CCC camp, from 100 to 125 boys have been at work on the 12 – mile fire road leading southeast from Usona to Mist. The road leaves the main Mariposa- Wawona road at Crumb Ranch and connects with the Raymond Road at Mrs. Heaton’s place. It opens up a fine agricultural fruit and stock country, and a mining and timber area. It will also prove valuable in the matter of fire control.”
The road has a few name changes along the route. At the Northern end it is the Usona Road, then it become the Indian Peak Road, then the Baily Flat Road (road 800) until it reaches Raymond.
Source notes
The Mariposa Gazette.
Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on May 23, 2018.
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