Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM7JT_john-mcintosh-kell_Griffin-GA.html
Near this site was the home of Captain John McIntosh Kell, Executive Officer of the Confederate cruisers Alabama and Sumter. After entering the United States Navy at the age of 17, he served in the Mexican War and in 1853 on Perry's expedition to Japan. Upo…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM7TI_the-donalds-grange-no-497_Donalds-SC.html
The Donalds Grange No. 497 is significant for both its architecture and its contribution to the social development of the community and Abbeville County. For these reasons, Donalds Grange No. 497, Patrons of Husbandry, was entered into the National Register…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM7VC_fort-st-simons_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
Was erected on thissite in 1736 by British Forcesunder Oglethorpe. Duringthe Spanish invasion of 1742the English abandoned thisfort which the Spaniardsthen occupied as theirheadquarters.W.P.A. D.A.C. 1936
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM7ZE_site-of-cassville_Cartersville-GA.html
County seat Cass County 1832-1861. First decision Supreme Court of Georgia, 1846. Name changed to Manassas 1861. Town burned by Sherman 1864 and never rebuilt.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM80Y_trail-ridge_Hendersonville-GA.html
This ridge, interrupted only by major streams, extends south from the Altamaha River in Georgia to the Santa Fe River in Florida, a distance of 130 miles. It is an ancient barrier beach formerly many miles off-shore in the sea which covered this area during…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM82D_college-stone-wall-and-gate_Brevard-NC.html
Erected by WPA in 1936-7 has been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Places By The United States Department of the Interior 1994
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM8HP_shell-bluff_Waynesboro-GA.html
Shell Bluff on the Savannah River 15 miles northeast has been famous since Indian days because of its outcrops of fossil shells including those of giantoysters. These lived in the Eocene sea that covered this part of Georgia some 50 million years ago. Shell…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM95F_birthplace-of-bill-arp_Lawrenceville-GA.html
The beloved Charles Henry Smith, was born here June 15, 1826. He married Mary Hutchins of Lawrenceville in 1849; began his law practice and moved to Rome in 1851. Major, Confederate Army. His Nom de plume, "Bill Arp," was first used in 1861. Appointed Judge…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM95X_middlesex-county-courthouse_Saluda-VA.html
In 1849, the county seat of Middlesex was moved from Urbanna to Saluda. Engineer John P. Hill completed the present courthouse in 1852. During the Civil War, Federal cavalrymen stationed in Yorktown made several excursions through the county. Court clerk Ph…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM984_walhalla-state-fish-hatchery_Tamassee-SC.html
The historic buildings below are products of the great Depression-era Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The WPA, the CCC, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's other New deal programs provided jobs to many unempl…