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Item Title
BWPhotos 327461
Location5 miles inside West entrance,
Fruita vicinity, CO
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CO-174
Building/structure dates:
1935 initial construction
Significance: The Saddlehorn area has local significance architecturally and historically. The architecture within the area displays elements of the National Park Service Rustic building traditions. In addition, the area documents the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and Public Works Administration (PWA) projects conducted at the monument between 1930 and 1942. The CCC construction work at the Monument was one of the most extensive projects undertaken by the Corps in western Colorado.
Subjects
Civil EngineeringAdministrative AgenciesNational Parks & Reserves
Related Names
Carnes, William G.
Public Works Administration
Fraser, Clayton B., Photographer
Harris, Mildred, Historian
Baume, Lawrence, Historian
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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