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Bert Mooney Airport Improvements – Butte MT

Then known as Butte Municipal Airport, the CWA, FERA, and WPA each contributed toward the finishing of the “best equipped landing field in the state.” The Big Timber, MT Pioneer reported in Sept. 1937: “Definite plans were completed for the… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports, Military and Public Safety
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Butte High School – Butte MT

A New Deal grant of $800,000 was given to Butte for the construction of a new high school. It is still in use today.

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

NYA Recreation Areas – Butte MT

Montana’s Big Timber Pioneer newspaper reported in early 1937 that several NYA recreation projects had recently been completed around Butte: a”winter sports area at Robbers’ Roost, four tennis courts which will be ready for use the next spring, 44 regulation… read more

Project type: Parks and Recreation
Agency: National Youth Administration (NYA)

Prospector Hall, Montana Tech of the University of Montana – Butte MT

Then known as the Montana [State] School of Mines, the PWA granted $320,000 for the construction of a new dormitory. The school’s website explains: “Construction of the Residence Hall began in 1935 with an appropriation grant from the Federal Emergency… read more

Project type: Colleges and Universities, Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Road Improvements – Butte MT

A $2,602,656 “street oiling program” contributed to what was deemed the “largest street improvement undertaking in the history of Butte.” 3,700 WPA workers were employed on the project, “utilizing 100 trucks and 21 other pieces of heavy equipment; operating three… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Silver Bow County Road Improvements – Butte MT

Montana’s Big Timber Pioneer newspaper reported in May 1938: “WPA authorities approved a $428,640 improvement project for Silver Bow county roads, streets and bridges… The project will improve 152 miles of county highways.” An estimated 500 WPA laborers were to… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Silver County Courthouse Improvements – Butte MT

The WPA provided labor toward repainting and renovations at the Silver Bow County Courthouse in Butte.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Thompson Park Improvements – Butte MT

[The newspaper] Big Timber Pioneer reported in late 1935 that Thompson Park, 11 miles south of Butte, “is being transformed into a scenic recreational center as well as a winter sports site, under supervision of the WPA.”

Project type: Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

University of Montana Improvements – Butte MT

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… read more

Project type: Colleges and Universities, Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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