Red Walls - Valley of Fire State Park
by Darin Volpe
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Red Walls - Valley of Fire State Park
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Darin Volpe
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Photograph - Photography
Description
This is one of three cabins that were built by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) soon after the Valley of Fire became a state park in 1935. Constructed of native sandstone, they were used by visitors to the park for many years.
Valley of Fire is located 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas. It is Nevada's oldest and largest state park, dedicated in 1935. The name derives from red sandstone formations, formed from great sifting sand dunes 150 million years ago. Complex uplifting and faulting of the region, followed by extensive erosion, have created the present landscape. Prehistoric users of the Valley of Fire included the Basket Maker people and later the Anasazi Pueblo farmers from the nearby Moapa Valley. Temperatures in the Valley of Fire can reach as high as 120 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer.
The CCC was a public work program that operated from 1933 to 1942 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal." It provided unskilled manual labor jobs to offer relief to the unemployed during the Great Depression. CCC projects focused on the conservation and development of natural resources in rural lands owned by federal, state, and local governments. It was the most popular of all the New Deal programs, and as such led to a greater public awareness and appreciation of the nations natural resources.
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October 25th, 2016
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