• Silver Bow Creek Shore Work - Meaderville MT
    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...