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Beauregard Regional Airport – DeRidder LA

Beauregard Regional Airport

Beauregard Regional Airport

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Beauregard Regional Airport

Beauregard Regional Airport

Project type: Airports, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

According to the Beauregard Tourist Commission, “This project in a stump littered field provided employment for about 400 men, who worked to clear what had once been a densely wooded region. They constructed two earthen runways on 160 acres of land leased from the owner.”

Source notes

Beauregard Tourist Commission website

Project originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on July 7, 2015.

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Location Info

1220 East 1st Street
DeRidder, Louisiana 70634

Coordinates: 30.846933, -93.259066

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