- City:
- Sheridan, WY
- Site Type:
- Airports, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA), Civil Works Administration (CWA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Multiple New Deal work relief agencies were involved in the development of what is now known as Sheridan County Airport. The Civil Works Administration (CWA) began and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) completed improvement work at the Sheridan Airport, in one project. The work included the building of runways.
Per a DoD report, a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project involved: “Improve Sheridan Municipal Airport by extending and paving runways, taxiways, sanitary sewers, cattle guard and gate, drainage, lighting.” WPA Project No. 265-1-83-24; cost: $9,000; sponsor: Sheridan County.
Source notes
National Archives Record Group 69.3.1
Sheridan County Airport History: (https://www.sheridancountyairport.com/about-2/history/), accessed April 8, 2018.
Building Up Wyoming: Depression-Era Federal Projects in Wyoming, 1929–1943. Michael Cassity. Prepared for the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office ... (pg. 103).
https://www.michaelcassity.org/uploads/1/2/7/7/12777320/wyodepressionerafedprojects_mpdf.pdf (accessed Jul. 19, 2022)
Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (page C-211).
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on April 8, 2018.
Additional contributions by Evan Kalish.
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