• Box Canyon Road - Santa Rita Mountains AZ
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was very active in the Coronado National Forest during the 1930s. Coronado National Forest is discontinuous across southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico because the forested areas occur only on isolated mountain ranges called "Sky Islands" – a type of landscape similar to the Basin and Range in Nevada. Box Canyon road is one of those projects.  It traverses the Santa Rita Mountains from roughly Green Valley and Interstate 19 on the west to Greaterville and state highway 83 on the east side of the mountains.  It is a well-maintained dirt road to this day. "The Civilian...