Arches National Monument was established in 1929 with only 4,500 acres and enlarged dramatically to over 33,000 acres by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1938 (Arches became a National Park in 1971). Some of the first improvements to the monument were made… read more
The present Moab City Center, effectively the City Hall, was originally built to house the Moab elementary school and the Grand County high school. It was built with a federal grant and cost $135,000. It was first proposed in May 1933, according… read more
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was quite active in Grand County, Utah. Four CCC camps were established in and around Moab, the county seat. The first was the Warner Lake Camp, F-20, in 1933 under the US Forest Service, which… read more
The Grand County courthouse was completed in June 1937 and dedicated on July 2. It cost $60,000, with half the money coming from the Public Works Administration (PWA) and half from local bonds (Firmage, p. 289). It is still in use… read more
A substantial waterworks and sewer system construction project was undertaken in Moab, Utah during the Great Depression with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $32,000 loan and $13,118 outright grant to the community… read more