Start Year: 1938

The WPA allocated $1,031 for an extension to the municipal sewer system in Glendive, Montana in August 1938.

The WPA allocated $895 for reconstruction work on what was then the gym for the high school in Richey, Montana. The structure is now the gym for Richey's elementary school.

The WPA allocated $19,445 for 'sidewalks and curbs' within Kalispell, Montana in August 1938.

The WPA allocated $3,465 for school construction in Bigfork, Montana in August 1938. Another article in the same paper in November most likely refers to the same school: "Work has begun on construction of a home economics cottage to house the department recently added to the curriculum of Bigfork high school. The building will be of logs. It is a WPA project."

The Big Timber Pioneer newspaper reported in 1938: "City officials are improving the tourist park near Old Fort park. WPA workers have put a new cement floor in the building used for cooking; water has been piped in, casings, windows and doors installed new and the grounds improved."

The Big Timber Pioneer newspaper reported in 1938: "The irrigation project for the Dawson county fairgrounds is under way. WPA workmen are laying pipe and building a house for installation of pumping equipment on the Yellowstone river with a capacity of 9,000 gallons an hour. Pressure will be maintained by the large tank west of the main building which is ready for use."

Among the dozens of WPA projects approved for the state of Montana during July 1938 was $1,651 for "public library assistance" for the town of Harlowton. The details of this project are unknown to Living New Deal at this time.

Big Timber’s Pioneer newspaper reported that the "riprapping Silver Bow creek near Meaderville" was one of many several dozen projects in the state of Montana whose funding was approved by the WPA during July 1938. Riprapping refers to the formation of breakwaters or other structures using loose stones. It is possible that the project was undertaken to mitigate erosion in the area. A sum of $31,307 was allocated to the project. The precise location of this project, given the description provided in the newspaper, is difficult to discern. Meaderville (whose approximate coordinates are given as the site for this project), a former...

The WPA allocated $17,394 toward a "sanitary sewer extension" for the town of Philipsburg, MT in July 1938.

The WPA worked to improve roads throughout Blackfeet Indian Agency , Glacier County, Montana. $7,437 was allocated for such projects in July 1938 alone.