Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMQTT_de-soto-trail_Abbeville-GA.html
Hernando de Soto discovered Ocmulgee River at or near Abbeville on April 3, 1540. "Here," says the chronicler Biedma, "we found a river that had a course not southwardly, like the rest we had passed, but eastward to the sea." Next day the Altamaha Indians "…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMQZJ_slosheye-trail_Hawkinsville-GA.html
Slosheye Trail was used by the Indians and white traders as an artery of travel as early as 1750 and extended from Hawkinsville on the Ocmulgee River to Drayton on the Flint River. This ancient trail passed through Hawkinsville over the present Commerce Str…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMR3G_mendota-work-camp-no-1_Mendota-Heights-MN.html
The "New Deal"During the Great Depression of the early 1930's, more than 25 percent of the nations' workforce was unemployed. One of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs was the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA employed 8.5 million p…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMR6Z_cherokee-county-courthouse_Rusk-TX.html
This courthouse, the fourth to serve the citizens of Cherokee County, was built in 1940-41 with the assistance of the Federal Works Progress Administration. Designed by the architectural firm of Gill & Bennett, the modern structure is built of native red an…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMR9Z_attapulgus-high-school_Attapulgus-GA.html
Side 1:A male academy was established in Attapulgus in 1836 and a female academy in 1852. A four-room frame building was built on the site after establishment of public education in Georgia in 1872. In 1921 Mariola School joined Attapulgus and a frame stucc…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMRDA_attapulgite-fullers-earth_Attapulgus-GA.html
Attapulgite - Side 1There are many types of Fullers Earth clay. Attapulgite is a unique type, found in the USA only in Decatur County, GA and Gadsden County, Fl. It is also found in Spain, Russia , and China. The unique nature of Attapulgite is, when mixed …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMRIB_colonial-heights_Moultrie-GA.html
Visionary Louis Friedlander, purchased the "Corbett Farm" in 1936 being 340 acres. Believing that Moultrie would need room to grow, he began planning for its orderly growth, to the South.In order to begin development, it was necessary for Colonial Heights C…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMRM5_canfield-wpa-memorial-building_Canfield-OH.html
(side A)The Canfield WPA Memorial Building was constructed by the Works Progress Administration, a federal government program instituted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as an effort to aid the United States in its recovery from the Great Depression of th…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMRR3_virginia-tech-airport_Blacksburg-VA.html
The airport was founded in 1931 as a college-owned facility. School funds and a grant from the Works Progress Administration in the early 1940s paid for paving a runway and building a hangar. Two training programs offered here made the airport important dur…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMS9B_tyler-home_Columbus-GA.html
Where in March 1866, the Ladies Aid Society organized the first Memorial Association honoring Confederate heroes. "One day" each year is theirs.
(Reverse side):Ladies Memorial AssociationOrganized March 12, 1865. Officers Elected Mrs. Robert Carter Pres…