Farm-to-Market Road Construction – Olney TX

City:
Olney, TX

Site Type:
Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Description

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.

Source notes

"Total of 146 WPA Projects Completed Since July 1, 1935 in 14 Counties of This Area," Wichita Falls Times: Feb. 7, 1937 (pg. 16): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/774046732/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 24, 2022.

Location Info


Olney, TX

Location notes: General location marker for Olney

Coordinates: 33.371, -98.757

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