Mansfield State Historic Site – Mansfield LA

City:
Mansfield, LA

Site Type:
Military and Public Safety, Archaeology and History, Archaeology, Historical Restoration

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

According to National Archive files, between 1935 and 1938 WPA crews “landscaped the battleground, installed drains and built drives through the historic site.”

Source notes

National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Work Projects Administration, Information Service, Primary File, 1936-42, Box 15, Folder 290-B.

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on July 28, 2015.

Location Info


15149 Highway 175
Mansfield, Louisiana 71052
De Soto County

Coordinates: 32.010899, -93.664944

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