- City:
- Jackson, WY
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Landscaping and Tree Planting
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs
Description
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) developed Jackson Town Square in Jackson, Wyoming. Cassity: “Jackson’s Washington Park, the town square, was significantly improved with excavation to level the ground, replacing the removed soil with loam for seeding grass and shrubbery.”
Source notes
Building Up Wyoming: Depression-Era Federal Projects in Wyoming, 1929–1943. Michael Cassity. Prepared for the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office ... (pg. 99).
https://www.michaelcassity.org/uploads/1/2/7/7/12777320/wyodepressionerafedprojects_mpdf.pdf
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 27, 2022.
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