Does anyone know anything about WPA projects? My mother's social security application shows that in April of 1938 she applied for social security saying she was employed by WPA project 5550 at 612 N. Market, Marion, IL. --------------------------------- Sell on Yahoo! Auctions - No fees. Bid on great items.

WPA PROJECTS: October 29, 1929 was the day the stock market crashed officially setting off the Great Depression. Unemployment skyrocketed and a fourth of the workforce was without jobs by 1933 and many became homeless. President Herbert Hoover was in office and was unable to handle the crisis and in 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president. He promised a "New Deal" for the American people and Congress created the .....Works Progress Administration (WPA) which offered work relief for thousands of people. People out of work were given jobs working on the WPA projects. Crab Orchard Lake was completed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1939, and approximately 3,000 acres were planted with almost 3.5 million trees. Other projects were repairing storm sewers, construction of manholes, repairing bridges, building recreational parks, etc. Another WPA project was setting up workshops such as sewing and canning for women and working with wood for men. M. J. Moore ~~~ `````````````````````````````````````````````` ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loraine Miller" <lorainemiller@yahoo.com> To: <ILWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 12:46 PM Subject: [Wmsn Co IL] WPA > Does anyone know anything about WPA projects? My mother's social security > application shows that in April of 1938 she applied for social security > saying she was employed by WPA project 5550 at 612 N. Market, Marion, IL. >