Foxville Road Improvements – Thurmont MD
Date added: June 6, 2016
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement work along Foxville Road, west of Thurmont, MD. Maryland WPA Project #165.
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Camp David Development – Thurmont MD
Date added: December 5, 2011; Modified: January 7, 2015
“One public service site that the public rarely sees because of its very private purpose is in the Catoctin Mountain Park recreational area, sixty miles north of Washington, D.C. This site was developed by the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration… read more
Cunningham Falls State Park – Thurmont MD
Date added: September 15, 2012; Modified: December 31, 2012
The land that is now Cunningham Falls State Park used to be part of the Catoctin Recreational Demonstration Area (now called “Catoctin Mountain Park”). The land was turned over to Maryland in 1954. The land was originally worked and developed… read more
Catoctin Mountain Park – Thurmont MD
Date added: September 5, 2012; Modified: December 31, 2012
From the National Park Service website for Catoctin Mountain Park: “President Franklin D. Roosevelt created programs to give people a chance to rebuild their lives from the Great Depression. The Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps gave this… read more