• Lake Cisco-Area Park Improvements - Cisco TX
    Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as completed in a Abilene Daily Reporter article from June 14, 1936 was "park Improvements" in Cisco, Texas. "Lake Improvements consisted of clearing the creek channel below the dam and swimming pool, lining the channel with rock, terracing banks of the creek, and building walks, drives, and a small bridge. Twenty-five men were employed for six months. Total expenditure was $5,000." Living New Deal believes this to be a reference to Lake Cisco.
  • Oakwood Cemetery Walls - Cisco TX
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a a 2,517-foot-long rock wall on three sides on the perimeter of the Oakwood Cemetery in Cisco, Texas. According to the Texas Historical Commission, "The general landscape of the cemetery is traditional with granite, limestone, marble, and sandstone grave markers with a prominent WPA rock archway at the southeast entrance.  More than six hundred burials are veterans of the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War."
  • School Repairs - Cisco TX
    Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as completed in a Abilene Daily Reporter article from June 14, 1936 was "repairs on a ward school building" in Cisco, Texas. "Building repairs, including a new concrete foundation, painting and refinishing inside and outside, cost $12,299. Forty-five men were employed for five months." The location of this project is presently unknown to Living New Deal.
  • State Fish Hatchery (former) Improvements - Cisco TX
    Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as completed in a Abilene Daily Reporter article from June 14, 1936 was "installation of a water system at the fish hatchery" in Cisco, Texas. "The hatchery water system was installed at a cost of $4500 and provided work for 30 men for a period of six months." The hatchery is long closed, and its former location is presently unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Water Treatment Plant Development - Cisco TX
    "With several WPA projects completed work has been started at Cisco on a $30000 water treatment plant, that city's most important public works undertaking. Forty-five men are employed on the project During construction the city Is using raw water from Lake Cisco." The location of this project is presently unknown to Living New Deal.