Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMUV1_muscatatuck-park_North-Vernon-IN.html
Side one:Opened 1921 as Indiana's fourth state park for its natural beauty and recreation potential. Named Vinegar Mills State Park after stone-cutting mill in park. Renamed Muscatatuck State Park 1922. Stone shelters and stairways, fire tower, trails, and …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMUWI_the-bristol-municipal-stadium_Bristol-TN.html
The Bristol Municipal Stadium was built with funds provided by the Works Progress Administration between 1934 and 1937. The stone came from nearby Beaver Creek. A dedication ceremony was held on October 8, 1936, before the Tennessee High and Science Hill Hi…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMV0H_tyler-county-courthouse_Woodville-TX.html
After the creation of Tyler County in 1846 and the subsequent selection of Woodville as a county seat, this block was set aside for use as the courthouse square and the first courthouse was completed by February 1849. In November 1890, the Tyler County comm…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMV79_the-broughton-sheboygan-marsh-park-wildlife-area_Elkhart-Lake-WI.html
The Mission: Promote the Increased Use and Appreciation of the Unique Beauty of the Broughton Sheboygan Marsh Through Education and Recreation
The Marsh
The Broughton Sheboygan Marsh Park and Wildlife Area is the prominent feature in a 133 square mile…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMV7A_battle-of-shepherds-plantation_Omaha-GA.html
On this site was fought the battle of Shepherd's Plantation between Creek Indians and pioneer settlers aided by volunteer soldiers stationed at Forts Ingersol, Jones and McCreary under Major Henry W. Jernigan and Captain Hamilton Garmany. On a separate plaq…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMVE1_carson-park_Eau-Claire-WI.html
Carson Park, often referred to as "the island", is in fact a 134 acre peninsula nearly surrounded by Half Moon Lake. The lake is an excellent geological example of an oxbow lake formed when a meander of the Chippewa River was cut off during glacial times as…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMVPN_colonels-row_New-York-NY.html
Once known as Brick Row or Regimental Row and now as Colonels' Row, the group of eight brick houses in front of you was built by the Army between 1893 and 1917. Although all were built to standard Army plans, slight variations over the years have made the h…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMVPW_the-south-battery_New-York-NY.html
The South Battery, or Half-Moon Battery, was erected prior to the War of 1812, in concert with the construction of Castle Williams. A battery is a fortification equipped with artillery. This arrow-shaped fortification was built into the hillside overlooking…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMVRM_pershing-hall_New-York-NY.html
Constructed in 1934, Pershing Hall functioned continually as an Army and Coast Guard headquarters building until 1996. It was named in honor of John E. Pershing, General of the Armies and First Commander of the First Army in 1918. Pershing led all the Ameri…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMW2I_a-rocky-beginning_Rockport-IN.html
James Lankford settled in the Rockport area in 1808, moving his wife and daughter into a cave under the bluff overlooking the Ohio River. Other settlers moved into the lowland that became downtown Rockport (originally dubbed Hanging Rock). By 1818 Rockport …