Washington Park Development – Guernsey WY

City:
Guernsey, WY

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Paths and Trails, Landscaping and Tree Planting, Water Supply

New Deal Agencies:
Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs

Description

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) developed Washington Memorial Park in Guernsey, Wyoming. “In Guernsey, Washington Memorial Park was fenced, graded and given sidewalks and water mains.”

There does not presently appear to be a park by this name in Guernsey; the site and status of this project is presently unknown to Living New Deal.

Source notes

Building Up Wyoming: Depression-Era Federal Projects in Wyoming, 1929–1943. Michael Cassity. Prepared for the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office ... (pg. 99).
https://www.michaelcassity.org/uploads/1/2/7/7/12777320/wyodepressionerafedprojects_mpdf.pdf

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 27, 2022.

Location Info


Guernsey, WY

Location notes: General location marker

Coordinates: 42.26319, -104.74582

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