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Hide Search OptionsDate added: July 12, 2023; Modified: October 6, 2023
Multiple New Deal agencies conducted municipal improvement projects in Nome, Alaska. The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted did the following, per The Nome Nugget: Through … the Civil Work Administration, Nome is daily bring improved and plans are being carried… read more
Date added: July 13, 2023; Modified: July 14, 2023
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) conducted numerous projects in Nome, Alaska, including construction of drains. Per The Nome Nugget: The Nome Committee of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration is still carrying on work in Nome. About ten men are… read more
Date added: July 12, 2023
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) supplied labor toward the construction of an a “landing field out in front of Nome,” a likely reference to what is now Nome City Field Airport.
Date added: August 27, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
Nome, Alaska’s old post office and courthouse was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds and opened in 1938. The building, which still stands, is located along Front Street adjacent to Federal Way. It has since been heavily modified and is… read more