• E. Conway Road - Conway NH
    The Civilian Conservation Corps built the E. Conway Road in Conway NH. According to Langdonian, the CCC camp newsletter, "On May 23rd 1936 the company moved to its present location near Chatham Center, N.H. The chief project on which the company is employed while at this location is the construction of the Saco River Road between Chatham, N.H. And Jackson, H.H. At the present time three bridges on that road are under construction."
  • Forest Management - Conway NH
    The Work Progress Administration contributed funds for Blister Rust control efforts in the forests of Conway, New Hampshire in 1936. The WPA gave the town $2,382.42, covering 8,162 acres of land and 21,680 current and goosebury bushes destroyed. Twenty men were employed by the project.
  • Municipal Improvements - Conway NH
    Between 1936 and 1940 the Works Progress Administration provided funding for a ranged of municipal improvements in Conway, NH. These included funds for youth skills training, road work, the library, and the arts, "1936 Library Report April — A Craftsman's Exhibit from the two CCC groups at Camp Hemenway, in Tamworth, the Swift River Camp in Albany. November —The Federal WPA Art Project exhibited work of New Hampshire artists. This included portraits, landscapes, wood cuts and an excellent group of watercolors. 1938 Outlay for New Construction and Permanent Improvements $6,382 W.P.A. Road projects Mill Street project, Cluff Cutoff Road project, Swett Street Improvement project, Dianas Bath's Road...