New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Started: 1938
View Project in a Separate Window
Description
Montana’s Big Timber Pioneer newspaper reported in 1938 that 40 WPA laborers were “doing a $40,000 job of tree painting, landscaping, road oiling, leveling and general beautification” at what was then known as the Montana [State] School of Mines, and is now Montana Tech of the University of Montana.
Source notes
"Campus at School of Mines Becoming Real Beauty Spot"; Big Timber Pioneer, Jun. 9, 1938, page 6.
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 24, 2014.
We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal project site.
SUBMIT MORE INFORMATION OR PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THIS SITE
