The Desert Institute will hold an online lecture Friday on Jackrabbit Homesteading in the Mojave Desert. Rebecca Havely has more information about the lecture and how to sign up…
Anyone who has driven through Wonder Valley has seen the small tract cabins. Today, these cabins are—for lack of a better term—ruin porn—combining the pulls of yesteryear and today’s love of tiny homes with the dilapidation of pastel colors, clean lines, and hantavirus. In this online lecture, Julia Sizek will tell stories of these cabins, variously called shacks, vacation cabins, and perhaps most erroneously—jackrabbit homesteads.
The Small Tract Act of 1938 gave away five-acre parcels for new vacation homes, but it was never quite the dream we think it is now.
The donation-based, online lecture begins at 4 p.m. Friday. For information on how to sign up: https://www.joshuatree.org/live/
