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Kings County Fairgrounds Improvements – Hanford CA

Kings County Fairgrounds - Hanford CA

Kings County Fairgrounds - Hanford CA

Photo: Richard A Walker creative commons 2019

Kings County Fairgrounds - Hanford CA

Kings County Fairgrounds - Hanford CA

Project type: Fairgrounds, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

Kings County Fairgrounds in Hanford received extensive improvements from Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers in the 1930s.  What exactly was done and what remains of the work is unknown.  Photos are of the present fairgrounds.

Source notes

Scrapbooks of clippings related to WPA projects in Fresno, Kern, King, Madera, and Tulare Counties. Gift of Mrs. David T. Holmes, Vacaville, 1962 to California State Library in Sacramento.

Project originally submitted by Gray Brechin on July 24, 2011.

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Location Info

810 S. Tenth Ave.
Hanford, CA 93230

Coordinates: 36.317, -119.63

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