Road Improvements – Hemingford NE

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)

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 3, 2015.

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Location Info


Hemingford, NE

Coordinates: 42.321548, -103.075685

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