WPA Outhouse

ID: 2098 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the photographer ~ Creator: Rebecca Shrum ~ Date: February 2020

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One of the outhouses built by the WPA is on the JCHC grounds. If you look in the window, you can still see some of the original wallpaper on the inside walls.

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WPA Wagon

By Volunteers of the Jackson County History Center

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was created in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of his New Deal to spark economic growth during the Great Depression. Headed by Harry Hopkins, a dedicated social worker, the WPA built or…