WEST—While in the Los Angeles area late last year, Western Regional Director Linsie Lafayette visited the Conservancy’s Lannan Ranch Archaeological Preserve. The site is especially known for its cupule rocks—stone surfaces marked by small, pecked depressions made by Indigenous peoples. The preserve also contains a notable 20th-century layer of history tied to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Active locally in the 1930s as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, the CCC provided employment during the Great Depression while carrying out public works projects. At Lannan Ranch, CCC crews focused on improving water infrastructure, including digging ditches and wells.
Pictured: Western Regional Director Linsie Lafayette visited Lannan Ranch Archaeological Preserve last fall. Photo by Linsie Lafayette.
