- City:
- El Paso, Fort Bliss, TX
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety, Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration worked to develop Fort Bliss.
El Paso Herald-Post: “Another $50,000 in WPA funds, … will be used to hire labor to paint and repair Ft. Bliss buildings, to build roads, and other improvements on the reservation.”
Source notes
El Paso Herald-Post, Feb. 14, 1939 (page 7)Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 31, 2016.
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