1. Joshua Tree - Information Plaque

Otis: Fall 2018

Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree. A wonderful a factory worker, and Annie families the opportunity

National Monuments to

As a class divided up into small groups the class was tasked to create Way-side Plaques or Information Plaques for visitor of Joshua Tree National Park.

Cases’ built their home from the Cases enjoyed cool winter the family gathered was originally a privately the park in 1976. Today, there

Visiting the Case House allowed me to understand the layout of the house to be able to recreate a plan of how the house was built, as well as get a sense of the Case family that once lived there, to help tell their story.

Home away from home...

Camping and ranching are not the only activities people have partaken in Joshua Tree. A wonderful example is the Case house which was purchased in 1954 by Arthur Case, a factory worker, and Annie Case, a teacher. After WWII, the booming economy gave middle class families the opportunity to expand to places outside of the city. Many people had started to visit National Monuments to reconnect to nature.

Going from Alhambra to their scenic vacation home in Joshua Tree, the Cases’ built their home from the ground up, adding to it over time. Similarly to their nearby neighbors, the Cases enjoyed cool days on their back porch and warm nights on their sleeping porch. In the winter the family gathered around the fireplace that Mr. Case built of local stone. The Case house was originally a privately owned property within a national monument, which was later gifted to the park in 1976. Today, there are still many private inholdings throughout Joshua Tree National Park.

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