context1: Nearly (54.7%) of the trip was over <strong>dirt</strong> roads. They had 230 breakdowns and incidents; nine vehicles were lost during the trip. Many vehicles got stuck in <strong>mud</strong> or quicksand.
context2: In 1934, the City of Pomona purchased the land for a reservoir, and the Historical Society of Pomona Valley began plans for restoration of the old adobe. In the spring and summer of 1939, 70 WPA workers began the process of restoring the adobe. The workers used <strong>dirt</strong> from the Ganesha Gills for adobe <strong>mud</strong> to build new adobe bricks.