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Date added: January 1, 2014; Modified: July 17, 2022
“Allocation of $22,126 for a municipal cemetery project for Mineral Wells was announced by federal PWA offices in Washington Saturday. According to local authorities, the grant is to finance purchase of suitable land for the cemetery and beautification work.” (Sweetwater… read more
Date added: June 10, 2022
In 1939, the Works Progress Administration (WPA)began improvements at Turtle Creek Park in Dallas TX. The project was one of many undertaken in the area by the WPA and other New Deal agencies. “Widespread park improvements costing $34,000 have been… read more
Date added: May 24, 2022; Modified: May 24, 2022
The Brownsville Herald: “Sixty men were at work Tuesday on Brownsville’s biggest WPA sewer project, involving an expected expense of $121,868 of federal money and $41,179 from city funds. Work was started in the Los Ebanos section, where new sewers… read more
Date added: May 24, 2022
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) provided labor for a $60,000 storm sewer construction project in McAllen, Texas in 1934.
Date added: April 1, 2018; Modified: May 24, 2022
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) built the Josey Boy Scout Lodge in Huntsville in 1934. Huntsville native and self made millionaire Robert A. Josey donated $5000 for the construction of a Boy Scout lodge in 1933. “The material for the construction… read more
Date added: January 7, 2014; Modified: May 24, 2022
Love’s Lookout Park, north of Jacksonville, Texas in north Cherokee County, was developed by the WPA. After John Wesley Love’s death, his “family gave 22.22 acres, including the lookout site, to the state for a park. The city of Jacksonville… read more
Date added: January 7, 2014; Modified: May 24, 2022
“The Civilian Conservation Corps, Roosevelt’s first New Deal recovery program, built the original parts of Abilene State Park, including picnic areas and swimming pool complex. In 1934, the 507 acres were dedicated as a state park. According to the Taylor… read more
Date added: August 4, 2019; Modified: May 24, 2022
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of a school gymnasium in Lawn TX. Excerpt from Abilene Reporter-News (1939): “Lawn Gymnasium To Be Dedicated The newly-completed Lawn gymnasium will be dedicated Friday night. according to H. 0. Keese, school board… read more
Date added: May 24, 2022
The National Youth Administration provided labor to beautify the park for African Americans in Belton in 1938. They constructed a native rock speaker stand and four picnic tables with benches. Twenty-three youth, including both White and African American, were employed… read more
Date added: November 6, 2021; Modified: May 24, 2022
National Youth Administration (NYA) labor provided 23 picnic units, a new bridge of native rock and steel across the wading pool at Yettie Polk Park. The bridge at the south end of the park was widened, native rock sides constructed,… read more
Date added: April 22, 2022; Modified: May 24, 2022
When the school for African American students burned in 1935, Belton sought a federal grant from the Public Works Administration (PWA) to replace the school and repair and renovate three other schools. PWA project [W]1431 for a grant of $13,590… read more
Date added: May 24, 2022
In 1937 the Wichita Falls Times described a Works Progress Administration (WPA) in a photo caption: “a farm-to-market road job in Young county near Olney.” The road in question is unknown to Living New Deal.
Date added: March 18, 2013; Modified: May 24, 2022
Fort Belknap was originally constructed in 1851 as one of the frontier defense posts in Young County, Texas. It was abandoned in 1859, and over the years, dismantled for the materials, with the exception of two buildings (National Park Service)…. read more
Date added: May 24, 2022
In 1937 the Wichita Falls Times described a Works Progress Administration (WPA) in a photo caption: “a bath house … as an addition to city park facilities in Vernon.” The status and location of the project are unknown to Living… read more
Date added: May 24, 2022
A Works Progress Administration (WPA) dam enlargement project was undertaken to increase the municipal water reserves of Crowell, Texas in an effort completed in 1936. “The capacity of [Crowell’s] city lake was more than doubled by a WPA project completed… read more