- City:
- Hanford, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Fairgrounds
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
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.
Site originally submitted by Gray Brechin on July 24, 2011.
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