Sponsor: County of Mariposa WPA Proj. No. 165-3-1093, December 21, 1936, $7,997. “Widen, drain, and surface road; repair bridge and do other work incidental thereto on Ben Hur Road, Mariposa County, near Mariposa. Not in the Federal Aid Highway System…. read more
This camp operated out of the location of an abandoned hotel in the former mining town of Bootjack in the Mother Lode area of California. According to various articles written for the local newspaper by the camp members, tasks performed… read more
AN IMPORTANT 3-C ROAD “A small road project which is going to mean a lot to Mariposa, is the proposed state fire road from the Pine Tree mine around the northwest end of Mt. Bullion, up to the mouth of… read more
This Works Progress Administration grammar school building in Mariposa, CA still functions as the local elementary school. The stonework surrounding the school is classic WPA style, and there are still WPA stamps in the cement, marked 1940. WPA Proj. No…. read more
Although initial applications for WPA help were rejected in 1935, this WPA project replaced the old Mariposa High School in 1937. A page from the 1937 yearbook described the new school: “Our move into the new school has been a… read more
“Authorized by the California State Legislature in May 1939, the 35-A District Agricultural Association held its first annual county fair in Mariposa October 1939.” A couple of years later the Work Projects Administration made major improvements. “WPA Project No. 165-1-08-292,… read more
The April 7, 1940 “Fresno Bee Republican” reported: “Mariposa (Mariposa Co) April 6- Sections of Mariposa streets were paved with gold tonight. Paving gravel was scooped from the Mariposa Creek bed by WPA workers as part of a street improvement… read more
This New Deal airport, originally known as Mt. Bullion Airfield, was constructed as relief work paid for by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) c. 1934-35 (New York Times 1935). It was later improved by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) c 1938-39. … read more
The Bootjack CCC camp CO. 1912 in Bootjack CA was involved in the surveying and construction of this road, initially built as a fire road and then into a normal two lane county road. According to articles in the Mariposa… read more
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… read more