In 1936, the city of Shreveport (Caddo Parish, Louisiana) erected a Farmers Market on Greenwood Road, modeled after a similar market in...

In 1937, George Conrad, Jr. was interviewed by the WPA's Federal Writer's Project. Born in slavery on February 23, 1860 at Connversville,...

When Sam Rayburn, U.S. Speaker of the House from Bonham (Fannin County, Texas), proposed the flood control project for the Red River at...

Lucinda Davis, a person enslaved by the Creeks and a resident of former Indian Territory, was interviewed and photographed by the Federal...

The well-built little school in Roosevelt, built by the Works Progress Administration, had two entrances – one for girls, and one for...

There is nothing nicer than finding that a WPA built stadium is still in use, like the sturdy, stone arena in Hugo, Choctaw County,...