Telephone Lines – Martin SD

City:
Martin, SD

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities

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

Description

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) “assisted in running telephone lines in rural counties” in South Dakota, including Bennett County, during the Great Depression.

Source notes

https://history.sd.gov/Preservation/OtherServices/SDFedRelief.pdf (page 67; .pdf page 74)

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 8, 2014.

Location Info


Martin, SD Bennett County

Location notes: General location marker for Bennett County

Coordinates: 43.17, -101.73

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