- City:
- Memphis, TX
- Site Type:
- Stadiums, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
“NYA Projects in Area Approved. One hundred boys and young men are to be employes in five counties. Allotment was $1,024 per month, and the jobs are expected to last from three to six months. Projects approved and allotments made with work starting August 5, are: Memphis, Hall County, 20 boys on a school project, including a grandstand and football field.”
Source notes
(https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22443284/memphis_leveland_spur_plainview/), Lubbock Morning Avalanche, 1936.
Plaque attached to stadium pillar.
Site originally submitted by Eveline Evans on October 18, 2019.
Contribute to this Site
We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal site.
Submit More Information or Photographs for this New Deal Site
Join the Conversation