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James H. Eason Field – Newton MS

Project type: Airports, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

Newton, Mississippi’s James H. Eason Field, formerly known as O’Keefe Airport, was dedicated November 12, 1934. O’Keefe was instrumental, as a federal Civil Works Administration (CWA) employee, in bringing several CWA-funded airports to Mississippi. The then-cost of the project was $12,000.

Source notes

Bellande, R. L. (n. d.). O'Keefe Airfield. Biloxi Historical Society. Retrieved from https://biloxihistoricalsociety.org/node/60

Bellande, R. L. (n. d.). O'Keefe Family. Biloxi Historical Society. Retrieved from https://biloxihistoricalsociety.org/book/export/html/208

O'Keefe Airport dedicated Monday. (November 13, 1934). The Daily Herald, p. 1.

Williams, N. K. (n.d.) History of Newton. Newton County Historical and Genealogical Society. Retrieved from https://www.nchgs.org/html/history_of_newton.html

Project originally submitted by Susan Allen on December 29, 2014.

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Location Info

266 O'Keefe Road
Newton, MS 39345

Coordinates: 32.314, -89.136

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