Fort Caspar reconstruction
Project type: Archaeology, Archaeology and History, Historical Restoration, Infrastructure and Utilities, Military and Public Safety, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Completed: 1936
Quality of Information: Moderate
Marked:
Yes
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
The WPA performed structural renovation and historic restoration work at this site. From the Casper, Wyoming website: “In 1936, Casper citizens and the Works Progress Administration reconstructed Platte Bridge Station using sketches made by Caspar Collins and others in the 1860s. Reconstructions of the Mormon ferry and a section of the Guinard bridge are also part of the site.”
Source notes
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Work Projects Administration, Information Service, Primary File, 1936-42, Box 15, Folder 290-B. Casper, Wyoming website
Project originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on July 28, 2015.
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