Fort Sisseton
Project type: Archaeology, Archaeology and History, Historical Restoration, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Started: 1935
Completed: 1938
Quality of Information: Moderate
Marked:
Yes
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
WPA crews conducted restoration work at the site between 1935 and 1938. From the Library of Congress: “In 1937, the fort was restored as a WPA project. It has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places, but today is in great need of additional need of repair and structural work.”
Source notes
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Work Projects Administration, Information Service, Primary File, 1936-42, Box 15, Folder 290-B.
"Local Legacies," Library of Congress website, accessed July 29, 2015.
Project originally submitted by Brent McKee on July 28, 2015.
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