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Phantom Stang
06-30-2006, 11:44 AM
While these projects were, and still are, called welfare by some; they stand as a proof that the hard working folks employed by them, did more than lean on their shovels all day.
Tell us about some in and around your town. Share pictures if you can.:)

Sweetwater Red
06-30-2006, 12:12 PM
What is WPA???

Phantom Stang
06-30-2006, 12:32 PM
Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
What is WPA???
Are you messin' with me??:confused:

Sweetwater Red
06-30-2006, 12:33 PM
Originally posted by Phantom Stang
Are you messin' with me??:confused:

Uh, no. What does WPA stand for? :confused:

Emerson1
06-30-2006, 12:34 PM
WPA?

Gobbla2001
06-30-2006, 12:37 PM
You don't know what WPA stands for? Geez

:confused:

me either :(

STANG RED
06-30-2006, 12:45 PM
Work Program Assistance, or something like that.

It was used to get people back working at the end of, and after the great depression. They built lots of lakes, parks, schools, etc...

Some of your grandparents or great grandparents probably worked on one or more of those projects during that time.

Gobbla2001
06-30-2006, 12:46 PM
Originally posted by STANG RED
Work Program Assistance, or something like that.

It was used to get people back working at the end of, and after the great depression. They built lots of lakes, parks, schools, etc...

I still wasn't sure of it when I read it, but now I remember the part about after the great depression etc...

Glad you're here, Ole Phantom doesn't seem so helpful :p :D

Sweetwater Red
06-30-2006, 12:46 PM
There isn't anything like that in Sweetwater is there?

Phantom Stang
06-30-2006, 12:50 PM
I am talking about the Works Progress Administration

It was established by President Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s, to provide employment to millions of people, who were then out of work.
Mustang Bowl was just one of the projects
around Sweetwater.

STANG RED
06-30-2006, 12:50 PM
Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
There isn't anything like that in Sweetwater is there?

Newman Park
Lake Sweetwater & Park
Mustang Bowl
Santa Fe Lake
I know there were others, but cant recall them at this time.

Phantom Stang
06-30-2006, 12:53 PM
Originally posted by Gobbla2001


Glad you're here, Ole Phantom doesn't seem so helpful :p :D

:tongue:

Sweetwater Red
06-30-2006, 12:53 PM
Well, I thought he was talking about currently. I didn't move here
until '82 and all that stuff was obviouly all ready here. :D

Black_Magic
06-30-2006, 12:56 PM
Now this one cracks me up. I thought nobody cared...:rolleyes: Proof that some may care more than they let on???:eek:

Big Papa
06-30-2006, 12:58 PM
The Highland High School...and elmentary and jr. high(all one building) were built by the WPA I think. it might have been the another program but im pretty sure it was built by the WPA back in the day

Phantom Stang
06-30-2006, 01:22 PM
Apparently, they don't teach this in history class anymore.
The WPA was a nation wide thing, so ask your parents or grandparents, about projects they know of.

Phantom Stang
06-30-2006, 03:35 PM
The Fort Worth Botanical Gardens was a WPA project.

DaHop72
06-30-2006, 03:37 PM
Originally posted by STANG RED

Santa Fe Lake
They didn't do too good with that one. For years I thought it was deep. We had a real dry spell and found out you could walk across that sucker.

Snyder_TigerFan
06-30-2006, 03:41 PM
Originally posted by STANG RED

Santa Fe Lake


:confused: Where is that?

DaHop72
06-30-2006, 03:42 PM
Originally posted by Snyder_TigerFan
:confused: Where is that? Borders the east side of the Country Club golf course.

Snyder_TigerFan
06-30-2006, 03:45 PM
Originally posted by DaHop72
Borders the east side of the Country Club golf course.

Ahh, okay, thanks. I thought it might have been that small lake out there heading to Sweetwater Lake, west of Hwy 70. Can't remember the name of it now.

Ranger Mom
06-30-2006, 03:47 PM
Kinda Interesting

Work Projects Administration (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/WW/ncw1.html)

DaHop72
06-30-2006, 03:48 PM
Originally posted by Snyder_TigerFan
Ahh, okay, thanks. I thought it might have been that small lake out there heading to Sweetwater Lake, west of Hwy 70. Can't remember the name of it now. Nope, that's Lake Trammel.

hawkfan
06-30-2006, 07:18 PM
If you ever come to Cross Roads, Texas, just south of Athens you will see probably the neatest WPA project ever. Next to the football field in the 30's they built a water tower, Except the water tower is made out of rocks. It is really neat looking. They also put a rock fence around the football field.

Manck
06-30-2006, 09:28 PM
Yellow Jacket Stadium in Cleburne is one.

A lot of WPA projects are state parks and stuff like that in Texas. Find something built in between the Great Depression and WWII built with rocks, and the WPA probably did it.

There's probably a lot more of these in your community than you realize.

(and to top it all off, it was borderline communism! I LOVE IT! REALLY!)

GetRDoneStangs
06-30-2006, 09:53 PM
Originally posted by Manck
Yellow Jacket Stadium in Cleburne is one.

A lot of WPA projects are state parks and stuff like that in Texas. Find something built in between the Great Depression and WWII built with rocks, and the WPA probably did it.

There's probably a lot more of these in your community than you realize.

(and to top it all off, it was borderline communism! I LOVE IT! REALLY!)

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Phantom Stang
07-06-2006, 05:51 PM
ttt

crabman
07-06-2006, 08:45 PM
The baseball field in Pine Bluff, Arkansas where unbweavable played Babe Ruth Baseball five years ago was a WPA project. Very nice facility.

Old Dog
07-06-2006, 10:59 PM
In the Burnet area there were numerous WPA projects. Most of the rock work you see at Inks Lake State Park was done by WPA men and all of the buildings at Longhorn Cavern were also done by WPA. They also built the original roadbed for Park Road 4 that runs past the same two sites.