• Telephone Lines - Martin SD
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) "assisted in running telephone lines in rural counties" in South Dakota, including Bennett County, during the Great Depression.
  • Water System - Martin SD
    A waterworks construction project in Martin, South Dakota was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $27,000 loan and $10,755 grant for the project, whose total cost was $39,223. Work occurred between October 1935 and June 1936. (PWA Docket No. SD 7931)