- City:
- Caroga Lake, NY
- Site Type:
- Golf Courses, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
This Caroga Lake golf course was opened in 1929. In the 1930s, WPA workers cleared underbrush, built bridges and benches, and installed tennis courts at the course.
Source notes
The Morning Herald (newspaper) Johnston, New York, 20 May 1936. Scan found at fultonhistory.com. The article lists that these tasks were performed by WPA workers, and that now that the improvements are completed, the course is slated to reopen.Site originally submitted by Janet Napier on May 20, 2016.
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