Wyoming Sites

The fresco "Chuck Wagon Serenade" was painted by Manuel A. Bromberg in 1940. It was a winner of the Treasury Section's 48-State Post Office Mural Competition. Annals of Wyoming: In June, 1939, the Treasury Section conducted a national competition from which 48 paintings were selected, one for a post office commission in each of the states. The December 4th issue of Life magazine carried a brief story on the contest and reproduced the 48 winning designs. Manuel Bromberg's painting, "Chuck Wagon Serenade," was picked for Wyoming's new post office in Greybull; Bromberg, a 22-year-old artist studying at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts...

The historic Powell post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: the mural entitled "Powell's Agriculture Resulting from the Shoshone Irrigation Project," painted by Verona Burkhard in 1938. Annals of Wyoming: The mural in the Powell post office was completed in December, 1938, the work of a professional artist who had done similar work for post offices in Montana and North Carolina, and who had shown her work in various art exhibitions. Verona Burkhard received the Powell commission on the basis of designs she had submitted in the Dallas, Texas, post office competition. Trained in the east and from a family...

The historic Riverton post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: the mural "Farm Scene," painted by George Vander Sluis, completed in 1942. Annals of Wyoming: On February 10, 1942, the Treasury Section invited George Vander Sluis of Colorado Springs to submit designs for a mural that would go in the Riverton post office. The 13x6 foot painting, completed some eight months later was the last Treasury Section job done in Wyoming. Vander Sluis was picked for the $850 Riverton assignment on the basis of an entry he had submitted for a Denver mural competition. By this time, the country was...

The historic post office in Kemmerer, Wyoming houses multiple examples of New Deal artwork: three oil-on-canvas murals painted by Eugene Kingman in 1938. The works, which were commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts, can be viewed in the post office lobby. Their titles are "Cretaceous Landscape," "Tertiary Aquatic Life," and "Excavation," respectively. Annals of Wyoming: In July, 1937, the Section invited Eugene Kingman to submit plans for a set of murals to decorate the post office in Kemmerer, Wyoming. The commission was a small one — $660 — and King- man's earlier work, submitted in competition for work at...

The historic post office for Yellowstone National Park, located at the Mammoth Hot Springs community near the north entrance of the park, is home to an example of New Deal artwork: two stone sculptures entitled "Young Grizzly Bears," created by Gladys Caldwell Fisher. Commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts, the works flank the front entrance to the building. Annals of Wyoming: Fronting the post office at Mammoth Hot Springs in the Park are a pair of carved stone grizzly bear cubs. The two animals are the work of Mrs. Gladys Fisher, a Denver artist who completed the commission for...

In 1933, U.S. Forest Service workers constructed a ranger residence at 243 West Pine Street in the city of Pinedale, Wyoming. The Colonial-Revival style building follows standard architectural plans created by George L. Nichols, a prominent regional architect whose designs were utilized by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) throughout the 1930s. The building was originally used as both an office and a dwelling for USFS rangers to administer services in the nearby Bridger-Teton National Forest. Today, the Pinedale Ranger District uses the dwelling for storage and occasional employee housing.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed the Remount Area Headquarters at Fort Mackenzie outside Sheridan, Wyoming—now the Sheridan VA Medical Center. The status and location of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal. WPA Project No. 265-3-83-19. Cost: $75,793. Sponsor: Commanding Officer, Fort Mackenzie, U.S. Army.

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) constructed water supply reservoirs northwest of Casper, Wyoming. Casper Star-Tribune, March 3, 1935: "Drought conditions of last year prompted the excavation and construction of important and permanent reservoirs on the 33-Mile stock trail west of Casper, which links the prairie winter range with the Big Horn summer range, at a cost of $33,740. Of this sum, $30,000 was supplied through the ERA ..." It is unclear to Living New Deal whether these projects includes what are now known as Bressler Reservoir, Daly Reservoir, or possibly even Gowin-Kesecker Lake, which are located in the vicinity of Thirtythree...

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted work at what Living New Deal believes is Riverside Cemetery (a.k.a. Cody Cemetery) in Cody, Wyoming. Cassity: "Several cemeteries were fenced and improved, such as that in Cody, and the old cemetery at Green River was removed and the graves transferred to a site at the new cemetery—all with CWA workers."

During its brief life in the winter of 1933-34, the Civil Works Administration (CWA) hired unemployed workers to improve the streets of Pinedale, Wyoming, with drainage works and gravel surfaces. According to Michael Cassity (2012) the work included: "streets of town graveled, streets drained, culverts replaced, ten new culverts built."

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) improved 11th, 12th, and 13th Streets in Casper, Wyoming. Casper Star-Tribune: "Eleventh street, between Oakcrest and Mitchell streets, had the appearance of a bee hive this morning. One hundred workmen went on the Job lowering the steep grade at that point. Similar lowering of the grade, permitting ready access by traffic, on Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, also between Oakcrest and Mitchell."

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted road improvement work in Basin, Wyoming.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and/or Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) worked to improve roads in Burns, Wyoming in 1934. Work included grading, graveling, and/or oiling roads.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted a road improvement project in Byron, Wyoming, improving 15 blocks.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted road improvement work in Chugwater, Wyoming.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted a road improvement project in Clearmont, Wyoming.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) graded 8,400 feet of streets and surfacing 3,000 feet of streets in Cokeville, Wyoming.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted road improvement work in Douglas, Wyoming, notably along Second Street.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted road improvement work in Dubois, Wyoming.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted road improvement work in Edgerton, Wyoming.

"In Big Horn County, the road that connected the main highway between Greybull and Cody to the cemetery at Emblem was finally improved" by the Civil Works Administration, "and with much gratitude: “It has been almost impassable in time of wet weather and is now in fine shape and is much appreciated by those who travel over it.”"

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted a road improvement project in Worland, Wyoming, per Michael Cassity, "using cut and fill for streets from work on banks of Bear River."

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted substantial road improvement work in Evansville, Wyoming. Per a CWA project card: Grade and gravel three miles of streets, plus some curbs and culverts installed: “This filled a much needed want which the City of Evansville could not take care of financially.”

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) improved the streets of Fort Laramie, Wyoming, graveling 15 blocks.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted substantial road improvement work in Gillette, Wyoming. Per a CWA project card description: "Make streets of Gillette into all-weather streets for major part of town; surfaced 40 blocks with scoria."

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted road improvement work, graveling the main streets in Guernsey, Wyoming.

The Civil Works Administration undertook a project to "grade and gravel county highway through Hillsdale," Wyoming.

The Civil Works Administration undertook a project to "raise the grade and gravel five miles of road north of Horse Creek," Wyoming.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted road improvement work in Hudson, Wyoming.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted road improvement work in Lost Springs, Wyoming.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted road improvement work in Lovell, Wyoming. Per Cassity: In Lovell, the project was comprehensive, according to the official report submitted by the town government: “All the main streets in the residential district of the Town of Lovell, Wyoming, were graded and culverts rebuilt and repaired. There were approximately 13,000 tons of crushed gravel spread on the streets. Six miles and 4 blocks were graveled.”

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted road improvement work in Lusk, Wyoming, including on Pine Street. The project was justified as followed, per Michael Cassity: "especially the work on Pine Street made it “possible for travel,” and “has aided considerably in the traffic on Lusk business blocks.""

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and/or Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) worked to improve roads in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming in 1934. Work included grading, graveling, and/or oiling roads.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted road improvement work, grading and graveling 21 blocks in Powell, Wyoming.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted road improvement work in Ranchester, Wyoming.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted road improvement work in Rawlins, Wyoming, including "the street leading from the highway to the county memorial hospital," now the site of Cathy Gardens. This means the road in question is in likelihood 15th Street or 16th Street.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked to improve the streets of Riverton, Wyoming. A CWA project card notes that the roads were previously dirt: "dusty in dry weather and muddy in wet weather."

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted road improvement work in Van Tassell, Wyoming. The project was justified as followed: "this will not only be a needed improvement to the town, but will supply work to a great many who have in the past received relief aid from the county and state."

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted road improvement work along 35 blocks in Wheatland, Wyoming.

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted a road and alley improvement project in Worland, Wyoming.