- City:
- Hemingford, NE
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
“In an effort toward economic recovery, Hemingford took advantage of the federally instituted New Deal programs. In 1935, at a total cost of $1,232, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved the streets of Hemingford with crushed rock on Niobrara Avenue, Ogallala Avenue, Custer Street, and Cheyenne Avenue.”
Source notes
https://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/reports/boxbutte_county.pdf (.pdf page 48-9)Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 3, 2015.
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