How many golf courses did the WPA build in Minnesota?
WPA–Built Golf Courses in Minnesota WPA workers filling in a low area at Keller Golf Course, Maplewood. Keller was one of two dozen existing Minnesota courses that were improved using WPA funds. eight new and two completely redesigned private golf courses that were converted to public ownership (Benson and Detroit Lakes) were located in Minnesota.
Was the Works Progress Administration (WPA) a relief program?
From mid-1935 to mid- 1938, Christgau was the Minnesota administrator of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the largest and best-known New Deal public works program. The WPA was not a relief program.
Who designed the Pebble Lake Golf Course in Minnesota?
Paul N. Coates, Ramsey County’s civil engineer, was engaged to plan the Pebble Lake course in Fergus Falls. Coates also designed Keller Golf Course in Maplewood (a municipal course) and the second nine holes of the Stillwater Country Club. Oscar Oman, the golf professional at the Alexandria course, designed the Ortonville course.
Where were the WPA schools in Magoffin County?
There were three one-room WPA schools constructed along Puncheon Creek and its branches in Magoffin County: Swampton, Ivyton, and Gypsy schools. Both of Risner’s grandfathers, Leslie Risner and Linville Marshall, worked on the construction of these stone schools.
Where is Swampton School in Kentucky?
One that particularly caught my interest (and was close enough to the road for me to photograph), is the Swampton School, located in Magoffin County.
When did the walls of Ivyton School take shape?
Walls of the Ivyton School taking shape in 1939. Image from the Goodman-Paxton Collection at the University of Kentucky.
Did WPA schools have natural light?
There were more differences of course- although the WPA schools were well-built, solid, and full of natural light, they lacked some of the conveniences students today take for granted. Mr. Whitaker, the last teacher at Gypsy School before it closed, would pay a student 10 cents a day to build a fire one hour before school started for the day.
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