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  • Rotary Park - Casper WY
    "While on mountain, the CCC crews improved camping and picnic grounds, “to make Casper Mountain a heaven on earth for local picnic parties and passing tourists” and also substantial work at Rotary Park part way up the mountain near Garden Creek Falls, constructing fireplaces, picnic tables and benches, and other features." Furthermore, the Civil Works Administration (CWA) improved roads and trails at Rotary Park.
  • Rural Electrification - Basin WY
    The Western Construction News notes REA work in this small town of 903 (1930 census). "The REA has alloted $82,000 to the Big Horn Rural Electric Company, Basin WY, for construction of 85 miles of transmission lines in Big Horn County, Wyoming."
  • Rural Electrification - Freedom WY
    The Western Construction News notes electric projects in Wyoming and Idaho by the REA. "The REA has alloted $145,000 to the Lower Valley Power & Light, Inc., Freedom Wyoming for construction of 90 miles of transmission lines and a generating plant in Lincoln County Wyoming and Bonneville and Caribou Counties, Idaho. Estimated cost of generating plant is $42,000." "Lower Valley Energy began in 1937 as Lower Valley Power & Light, Inc. with just 10 members signed up for this new cooperative. In 1999 when the name changed to Lower Valley Energy there were over 13,000 members. As a result of diligent efforts of...
  • Rural Electrification - Powell WY
    The Western Construction News of June 1937 reported on REA work in Wyoming. "The REA has alloted $50,000 to the Garland Power & Light Company for constructing 50 miles of transmission lines in Park County Wyoming." The company still exists to serve a small area of Northwest Wyoming as part of the The Wyoming Rural Electric Association.
  • Rural Electrification - Worland WY
    The Western Construction News reported on REA work in Wyoming. "The REA has alloted $50,000 to the Washakie Rural Electric Company, Worland Wyoming, for construction of 50 miles of transmission lines in Washakie and Big Horn Counties, Wyoming." "High Plains Power, Inc. is a member owned electric cooperative serving just over 13,000 meters in central Wyoming. High Plains has over 4,800 miles of powerline covering 12,500 square miles in parts of Fremont, Hot Springs, Washakie, Natrona, Carbon, Big Horn, Johnson and Park counties. High Plains Power was formed in 1998 when the memberships of the former Riverton Valley Electric Association and Hot Springs...
  • School - Shoshoni WY
    A school in Shoshoni, Wyoming was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project during the Great Depression. The P.W.A. supplied a $33,545 grant for the project, whose total cost was $83,817. The New Deal structure, which lies on the north side of W 3rd Street, has been expanded into a larger educational complex. PWA Docket No. WY 1021
  • School - Ten Sleep WY
    A former school building in Ten Sleep, Wyoming was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project during the Great Depression. Construction was completed in 1938. The exact location and status of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal. PWA Docket No. WY 1040
  • School (former) - Alva WY
    Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.)-sponsored school-related projects in Wyoming included "construction of a log schoolhouse at Alva". The status and exact location of the former school is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • School (former) - Hawk Springs WY
    A school in Hawk Springs, Wyoming was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project during the Great Depression. Construction was completed in 1939. School operations ceased in 1965, and the building has since been rehabilitated for community use. PWA Docket No. WY 1087
  • School (former) - Lyman WY
    Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.)-sponsored school-related projects in Wyoming included "an eight-room schoolhouse at Lyman". The status and exact location of the former school is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • School (former) Gymnasium - Big Piney WY
    Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.)-sponsored school-related projects in Wyoming included "a gymnasium in Big Piney". The status and exact location of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • School Barn and Fuel House - Grovont WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) undertook the following project in Grovont, Wyoming in 1933/4: "At Grovont, in Teton County, the school district built a barn and fuel house to protect the students’ horses from rain and snow."
  • School Improvements - Acme WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted school improvement work in Acme, Wyoming.
  • School Improvements - Bitter Creek WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted school improvement work in remote Bitter Creek, Wyoming. "The Bitter Creek School in Sweetwater County used the CWA labor to add a drain and cesspool."
  • School Improvements - Cheyenne WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted school improvement work in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1933-4.
  • School Improvements - Deaver WY
    A school improvement project in Deaver, Wyoming was undertaken as a federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project during the Great Depression. The school(s) in question is unknown to Living New Deal. PWA Docket No. WY 1082
  • School Improvements - Fossil WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted school improvement work in Fossil, Wyoming.
  • School Improvements - Greybull WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted school improvement work in Greybull, Wyoming.
  • School Improvements - Hilliard WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted school improvement work in Hilliard, Wyoming. Cassity: "In Uinta County the schoolhouse at Hilliard asked for, and received, the digging of a water well. It turns out that the well, twenty-three feet deep and four feet in diameter, was needed sorely, the “water for school children being hauled 3 ½ miles by school wagon.”"
  • School Improvements - Jackson WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted school improvement work in Jackson, Wyoming.
  • School Improvements - Jireh WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted school improvement work in Jireh, Wyoming, "a small Christian college town located on the prairie between Manville and Keeline, Wyoming on Highway 20," in 1933/4. The town was already declining and no longer exists; nor are there any buildings left from Jireh.
  • School Improvements - Manville WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted school improvement work in Manville, Wyoming. Cassity: "At Manville, the application for CWA funding noted how the school was run down, and desperately needed repairs, but “due to the financial condition of the district, it was impossible to do the work.”"
  • School Improvements - Opal WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted school improvement work in Opal, Wyoming.
  • School Improvements - Otto WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted school improvement work in Otto, Wyoming.
  • School Improvements - Rock Springs WY
    Cassity: "Rock Springs School District #4, in a standard approach applied to many other schools, used the CWA to conduct general repairs and overhauls of the buildings, treat the roofs, upgrade the plumbing, paint walls and varnish woodwork, and repair the windows and doors of the schools. Washington and Yellowstone schools were singled out for special treatment, but it appears that most of the schools in the district, and in the county, were included in this rehabilitation and repair work."
  • School Improvements - Upton WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted school improvement work in Upton, Wyoming. "At Upton the CWA built equipment for the science laboratory, and perhaps even more noticeably, installed plumbing at the high school."
  • School Improvements - Washam WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted school improvement work in Hilliard, Wyoming. Cassity: "t Washam, in Sweetwater County, ... the CWA dug a short tunnel into the hillside to tap into a spring in the mountain to provide water for the school."
  • School Playgrounds - Keeline WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) developed school playgrounds in Keeline, Wyoming in 1933/4. Cassity: "School life appears to have been significantly upgraded by the CWA workers at schools in the towns and countryside alike. Playground facilities, often taken for granted, came now where there were none previously. At Keeline, five schools added playground equipment like teeter-totters, merry-go-rounds, and swings."
  • Seminoe Dam - Leo WY
    Casper-Alcova Project, Wyoming - The Casper-Alcova Project is being developed initially to irrigate 35,000 acres of land in the vicinity of Casper Wyoming. The more important features are the Seminoe Dam and power plant, the Alcova Dam and the canal system. The revenues from the power plant are expected to repay a large portion of the cost of the project. the Seminoe Dam is of the concrete arch type, with a volume of about 161,000 cubic yards and a maximum height of 161 feet. The storage capacity of the reservoir will be 1,000,000 acre feet. The Alcova Dam on the...
  • Seminoe Road - Leo WY
    Civil Works Administration projects in Wyoming included construction of what Living New Deal believes to be Seminoe Road: "In Carbon County one project required more than three thousand pounds of dynamite, but the road was essential, and in this case it was a new road; it was the road into the Seminoe district, the only road leading to the PWA worksite of the dam under construction." Living New Deal believes this to be the road known as Seminoe Road.
  • Sewer Extensions - Medicine Bow WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) extended the sewer system in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, the winter of 1933-34. We have no further details as to the what, when and where of the project.
  • Sewers - Casper WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) constructed sewers in north Casper, Wyoming. Casper Star-Tribune, March 3, 1935: "A long-felt community need was laying of the North Casper sanitary sewer system, now nearing completion, at a cost of $38,158 to date." Cassity: "In Casper, the CWA improved and extended the sanitary sewer system to a part of town previously without."
  • Sewers - Diamondville WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) extended the sewer system in Diamondville, Wyoming.
  • Sewers - Douglas WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) extended the sewer system in Douglas, Wyoming.
  • Sewers - Kemmerer WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) extended the sewer system in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
  • Sewers - Powell WY
    A sanitary sewer construction project project in Powell, Wyoming was undertaken as a federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project during the Great Depression. PWA Docket No. WY 1100 Furthermore, the Civil Works Administration (CWA) constructed sewers in Powell. Cassity: "In Powell, one CWA project set out to “extend, excavate, backfill Powell sewer for 1800 feet; lay 18” sewer pipe, construct manholes and connect to present sewer system."
  • Sewers - Riverton WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) extended the sewer system in Riverton, Wyoming: "400 feet of sewer ditch dug and sewer laid at an average depth of 4 feet."
  • Sewers - Sheridan WY
    A large sanitary sewer construction project in Sheridan, Wyoming was undertaken as a federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project during the Great Depression. The P.W.A. supplied a $130,662 grant for the project, whose total cost was $248,168. PWA Docket No. WY 1093
  • Sewers - Thermopolis WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) extended the sewer system in Thermopolis, Wyoming.
  • Sheridan County Airport Improvements - Sheridan WY
    Multiple New Deal work relief agencies were involved in the development of what is now known as Sheridan County Airport. The Civil Works Administration (CWA) began and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) completed improvement work at the Sheridan Airport, in one project. The work included the building of runways. Per a DoD report, a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project involved: "Improve Sheridan Municipal Airport by extending and paving runways, taxiways, sanitary sewers, cattle guard and gate, drainage, lighting." WPA Project No. 265-1-83-24; cost: $9,000; sponsor: Sheridan County.
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