A highway construction and improvement project was undertaken in Walla Walla County with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. Construction occurred between 1933 and 1934. PWA Docket No. WA 1144
A WPA press release from Jan. 1938 reported: “The preparation of hot school lunches for undernourished school children in Walla Walla county will be continued … with an allotment of $2,640.”
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