Airport (former) Development – Lysite WY

City:
Lysite, WY

Site Type:
Airports, Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs

Description

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked to construct / develop an airstrip at Lysite, Wyoming, created by “grubbing sagebrush and clearing field.” The location and status of the facility are unknown to Living New Deal.

Source notes

Building Up Wyoming: Depression-Era Federal Projects in Wyoming, 1929–1943. Michael Cassity. Prepared for the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office ... (pg. 104).
https://www.michaelcassity.org/uploads/1/2/7/7/12777320/wyodepressionerafedprojects_mpdf.pdf (accessed Jul. 19, 2022)

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 19, 2022.

Location Info


Lysite, WY

Location notes: General location marker for Lysite

Coordinates: 43.268, -107.690

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