Date added: July 11, 2017; Modified: July 13, 2017
Shady Lake is a popular 25-acre recreational impoundment in the Ouachita National Forest served by an accompanying U.S. Forest Service recreation area. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was involved in construction of a bathhouse (1936), dam and picnic pavilion (1938),… read more
Date added: July 11, 2017; Modified: July 13, 2017
The Tall Peak Fire Tower is located southeast of Mena on Forest Service Road No. 38A in Polk County in Ouachita National Forest. The tower is a two story, field stone and wood structure built on a continuous stone foundation…. read more
Date added: July 11, 2017; Modified: July 13, 2017
The Little Rock Girl Scout Council was chartered in 1928. With the leadership of Sue Worthen Ogden, a national GS Inc. board member, “After months of looking at prospective sites in the Ouachita National Forest, Ogden contacted Forest Supervisor A…. read more
Date added: June 13, 2017; Modified: June 13, 2017
A bridge carrying Gulf Mountain Road over a tributary of Joneed Creek, in Scotland, Arkansas, was constructed by the Work Projects Administration (W.P.A.) in 1940. Some sources state that the bridge has since been demolished.
Date added: June 13, 2017
The bridge carrying Arkansas 377 over a tributary of Gourd Creek, 14 miles by road west of Marshall, Arkansas, was constructed by the Work Projects Administration (W.P.A.) in 1940.
Date added: June 13, 2017
The bridge carrying Arkansas 282 over a tributary of Frog Bayou, southwest of Rudy, Arkansas, was constructed by the Work Projects Administration (W.P.A.) in 1940.
Date added: June 13, 2017
The bridge carrying Arkansas 164 over Horsehead Creek, twelve miles northwest of Clarksville, Arkansas, was constructed by the Work Projects Administration (W.P.A.) in 1940.
Date added: June 13, 2017
The bridge carrying Arkansas State Highway 74 over Granny Creek, ten miles west of Marshall, Arkansas, was constructed by the Work Projects Administration (W.P.A.) in 1940.
Date added: June 27, 2016; Modified: June 13, 2017
Adams Field, also since known as Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, was first constructed during the early 20th century. The federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) assisted with the airport’s development. The W.P.A.’s Division of Operations wrote: This project is… read more
Date added: July 27, 2015; Modified: June 13, 2017
The federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of what was then the University of Arkansas-Little Rock’s medical school; construction occurred from 1933 to 1935. The building now houses the William H. Bowen School of Law.
Date added: October 28, 2014; Modified: June 13, 2017
Constructed in 1840, the Tower Building, “the only surviving remnant of the Little Rock Arsenal,” was traded by the federal government to the City of Little Rock for 1,000 acres and the “condition that the grounds be ‘forever exclusively devoted… read more
Date added: October 15, 2014; Modified: June 13, 2017
“In 1937, the Museum of Fine Arts opened in MacArthur Park. Franklin Delano Roosevelt approved $25,000 from the WPA for construction of the 10,140 square foot building. FDR wrote a letter of congratulations to the citizens of Little Rock to be read… read more
Date added: June 13, 2017
The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) had a great impact on War Memorial Park, including constructing the “golf clubhouse”.
Date added: June 13, 2017; Modified: June 13, 2017
The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) had a great impact on War Memorial Park, including constructing “the original zoo buildings” at Little Rock Zoo.
Date added: June 13, 2017; Modified: June 13, 2017
The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) had a great impact on War Memorial Park. “During the 1930s the original zoo buildings, the golf clubhouse, the bathhouse and the swimming pool were constructed by WPA workers.” The W.P.A. likely undertook other construction… read more