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December
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- Happy New Year!
- Winding down for the holidays
- Framed walls go up
- Walls are framed
- Framing begins
- Slab poured and lumber delivered
- Burro bush whapping continues
- 30 yards of concrete footings poured
- First inspection passed
- Steel is ready for inspection
- Steel and bush whacking
- Director Kaldenberg visits the construction site
- Rained out today
- Forms and plumbing
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- The pad is done
- Grading for the Library pad begins
- Grader arrives
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The Mojave Desert Archives, the repository of the Mojave Desert
Heritage and Cultural Association, documents the history and culture of
western migration and settlement of the Mojave Desert.
Acknowledgement
Funding for the Mojave Desert Archives Library/Depot construction
is made possible by a grant from
The California Cultural and Historical Endowment and
The membership of the Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Association
Funding for the Mojave Desert Archives Library/Depot construction
is made possible by a grant from
The California Cultural and Historical Endowment and
The membership of the Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Association