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Hide Search OptionsDate added: July 19, 2022; Modified: July 19, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed a road up Dreadman Draw for access to the then-new fire lookout tower atop Mount Pisgah in eastern Wyoming. The road now appears to be privately owned. Cassity: The Federal Government is now constructing… read more
Date added: July 19, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps constructed a fire lookout tower at the top of Mount Pisgah in eastern Wyoming, ten miles NNE of Newcastle. The tower is no longer extant. Cassity: O. B. Kongslie in Weston County described a CCC-constructed “observation… read more
Date added: May 27, 2022
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted improvement and repair work at the former Cheyenne River School building in Niobrara County, Wyoming in 1933/4: “[I]t also needs to be remembered that the schools were not just schools. At the Cheyenne River… read more
Date added: May 26, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to develop a fish hatchery near Newcastle, Wyoming. Casper Star-Tribune, 1939: “[Hatchery p]rojects at Sheridan, Lander, Newcastle and Buffalo had the aid of the WPA and sportsmen’s clubs.” The location and status of this… read more
Date added: April 7, 2018; Modified: April 7, 2018
The Works Progress Administration built the National Guard Armory in Newcastle, Weston County. The exact location and condition of this facility are unknown to the Living New Deal.
Date added: April 6, 2018; Modified: April 6, 2018
The Works Progress Administration built the Beaver Creek Recreation Hall in Newcastle, Weston County. The exact location and condition of this facility are unknown to the Living New Deal.
Date added: March 30, 2018; Modified: March 30, 2018
The Works Progress Administration built a water reservoir in Newcastle, Weston County, likely the Reservoir several miles east of town.
Date added: May 22, 2013; Modified: May 22, 2013
“The Anna Miller Museum, a place where you can walk back in time and relive the old west. Built in the 1930’s, the museum was originally a WPA project for Company A, 115th Cavalry, Wyoming National Guard. Many long, hard… read more