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Noon Creek Picnic Area and Wet Canyon Bridge – Graham County AZ

Wet Canyon Bridge

“The Civilian Conservation Corps camp, F41A, was established at Noon Creek in the Pinaleño Mountains in 1933. The camp operated during the winter. The enrollees built the Noon Creek picnic area located at milepost 7.2 on the Swift Trail Road…. read more

Project type: Campgrounds and Cabins, Infrastructure and Utilities, Parks and Recreation, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Agency: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Post Office – Safford AZ

“The Safford Post Office and Federal Building was designed in the severely simple and unadorned International style. The building was funded by the Public Works Administration and constructed in 1941.” (content.library.arizona.edu)

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Post Office Murals – Safford AZ

"History of the Gila Valley"

This post office contains six tempera murals painted in 1942 by Seymour Fogel. Fogel painted these as the winner of one of the 48-State Competition Post Office murals. “In 1939, for example, Seymour Fogel sketched an elegant scene of Southwest… read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)

Sanchez CCC Camp Site – Safford AZ

” The Sanchez CCC campsite was established in 1935 to protect and preserve the natural resources of the Upper Gila River Valley. The area had been chosen as a national demonstration site by the Soil Conservation Service to stop the… read more

Project type: Parks and Recreation
Agency: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Water System – Safford AZ

A major waterworks construction project in Safford, Arizona was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $340,000 loan and $196,364 grant; the total cost of the project was… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Water supply
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

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