Near the Town Of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River Channels through Deep, Soft Sandstone Cliffs, Cutting the Rock Into Fantastic Shapes, these Natural Splendors have Given Rise to a Booming Tourist Industry, People Come in Droves, Often in Campers and Trailers, Boat Trips, Shops, Bars, and Diversions of Every Kind Vie for Patronage in an Amusement Complex Extending 2 or 3 Miles Beyond the Town

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Near the Town Of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River Channels through Deep, Soft Sandstone Cliffs, Cutting the Rock Into Fantastic Shapes, these Natural Splendors have Given Rise to a Booming Tourist Industry, People Come in Droves, Often in Campers and Trailers, Boat Trips, Shops, Bars, and Diversions of Every Kind Vie for Patronage in an Amusement Complex Extending 2 or 3 Miles Beyond the Town

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DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern

In the late 1910s, there were few gas stations, few paved roads, and no highways was a time that America’s leading historians call the beginning of modern RV. In 1920s people who traveled like this were referred to as 'tin can tourists'. As time progressed, trailers became attractive, comfortable and earned a new name "house trailer" in the 1930s and 1940s. In the late 1930s, during the Great Depression, FSA (Federal Farm Security Administration) built trailer camps to assist childless couples and families of one and two children in moving in areas where new factories were​ built, and labor was in demand. In 2005, FEMA provided temporary emergency housing using thousands of travel trailers.

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01/09/1973
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